Ἔζησε στὰ τέλη τοῦ 2ου αἰώνα μ.Χ. Ἡ ἄμεπτη ζωή του καὶ ἡ καρποφορία τῆς διδασκαλίας του, παρακίνησαν τὸ ποίμνιο νὰ τὸν ἀναγκάσει νὰ γίνει ἐπίσκοπος Ἱεραπόλεως στὴν Φρυγία. Τὸ ἀξίωμα δὲ μείωσε τὸν ζῆλο τοῦ Ἀβερκίου. Ἔλεγε, μάλιστα, ὅτι δὲν ἀρκεῖ κάποιος νὰ φαίνεται ἄρχων, ἀλλὰ καὶ νὰ εἶναι πραγματικά. Δηλαδὴ νὰ αὐξάνει τὴν διακονία καὶ τοὺς κόπους του. Διότι κατὰ τὸ Εὐαγγέλιο, «εἰ τὶς θέλει πρῶτος εἶναι, ἔσται πάντων ἔσχατος καὶ πάντων διάκονος», ποὺ σημαίνει, ἂν κανεὶς θέλει νὰ εἶναι πρῶτος κατὰ τὴν τιμή, ὀφείλει μὲ τὴν ταπείνωσή του ἀπέναντι στοὺς ἄλλους, νὰ γίνει τελευταῖος ἀπὸ ὅλους καὶ ὑπηρέτης ὅλων μὲ τὴν ἄσκηση τῆς ἀγάπης.
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...