Ὁ Ὅσιος Πρόχορος καταγόταν ἀπὸ τὸ Σμολὲνκ τῆς Ρωσίας καὶ ἀκολούθησε τὸν μοναχικὸ βίο γενόμενος μοναχὸς στὴ μονὴ τῶν Σπηλαίων τοῦ Κιέβου ἀπὸ τὸν ἡγούμενο Ἰωάννη, ὁ ὁποῖος ἔνιωσε τὸν ἔνθεο ζῆλο τοῦ Προχόρου. Ὁ Ὅσιος ἀγωνιζόταν μὲ μεγάλη αὐστηρότητα καὶ ἀκρίβεια στὶς ἀρχὲς τῆς μοναχικῆς πολιτείας. Ἐκεῖνο ποὺ τὸν διέκρινε ἦταν ἡ νηστεία. Ποτὲ δὲν γευόταν ἄλλη τροφὴ ἐκτὸς ἀπὸ νερὸ καὶ ψωμὶ ποὺ ἦταν φτιαγμένο ἀπὸ λοποτιὰ ἢ ἀρνόγλωσσο, ἕνα πικρὸ φυτό (στὰ ρώσικα λέγεται «λέμπεντα»). Γι’ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐπικαλεῖται «Λεμπεντιώτης». Καὶ ὁ Ἅγιος Θεός, ποὺ ἔβλεπε τὴν ἄσκηση καὶ τὴν ἀγάπη τοῦ Ὁσίου, μετέβαλε τὴν πίκρα αὐτοῦ τοῦ χόρτου σὲ γλυκύτητα.
If you like our project and you are satisfied with our work and effort, please consider making a donation that would help us to survive on the Internet and in further development of the project.
Our goals are:
- At least for the next ten years to ensure the survival on the Internet by reserving quality servers,
- To rent one domain in every language in which the project has been translated,
- To translate the calendar in Italian, Polish and Armenian language, as soon as possible
- To work towards the further development of the project, adapting it for mobile devices and modern technologies
- To do the annual calendar, display showing the liturgical readings per week
- To supplement existing content
- To do a completely new approach with banners and a small calendars for other sites,
- To do good application for desktop computers ...
There are many other ways to help...