Ὁ Ἅγιος Ζακχαῖος ἔζησε κατὰ τοὺς χρόνους τοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἦταν ἀρχιτελώνης, δηλαδὴ ἀρχιεισπράκτορας τῶν ρωμαϊκῶν φόρων, στὴν Ἱεριχώ. Μικρὸς στὸ ἀνάστημα καθὼς ἦταν, γιὰ νὰ μπορέσει νὰ δεῖ τὸν Χριστὸ ὅταν Ἐκεῖνος διερχόταν ἀπὸ τὴν Ἱεριχώ, ἀνέβηκε σὲ μία συκομορέα. Ὁ Κύριος τὸν εἶδε καὶ τὸν κάλεσε νὰ κατέλθει, διότι εἶχε πρόθεση νὰ καταλύσει τὸν οἶκο του. Παρὰ τοὺς ψυθιρισμοὺς τοῦ πλήθους ὁ Ἰησοῦς δέχθηκε τὴ φιλοξενία τοῦ Ζακχαίου, ποὺ τὴν ἴδια στιγμὴ δήλωσε ὅτι θὰ χάριζε στοὺς πτωχοὺς τὸ ἥμισυ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων του καὶ σὲ ὅποιον εἶχε ἀδικηθεῖ ἀπὸ αὐτὸν θὰ ἀπέδιδε τὸ τετραπλάσιο, ὑπερβάλλοντας ἔτσι σὲ γενναιοδωρία ὅ,τι ἐπέτασσε ὁ Μωσαϊκὸς Νόμος. Ἡ σχετικὴ περικοπὴ τοῦ Ζακχαίου ἀναφέρεται ἀπὸ τὸν Εὐαγγελιστὴ Λουκᾶ.
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...
