Οἱ Ἅγιοι Μάρτυρες Ἀλφειός, Κυπρίνος καὶ Φιλάδελφος ἦταν ἀδελφοί, υἱοὶ τοῦ ἄρχοντα Πρεφεκτῶν Βιταλίου καὶ κατάγονταν ἀπὸ τὴν χώρα τῶν Βασκάνων τῆς Νότιας Ἰταλίας. Ἀφοῦ διδάχθηκαν τὴν ὀρθόδοξη πίστη καὶ βαπτίσθηκαν ἀπὸ κάποιον Ὅσιο ἄνδρα ποὺ ὀνομαζόταν Ὀνήσιμος, κήρυτταν τὸν Χριστό. Καταγγέλθηκαν γιὰ τὴν θεοφιλὴ δράση τους, συνελήφθηκαν ἀπὸ τὸν Ἀνηγγελίωνα ἐπὶ αὐτοκράτορος Δεκίου (249 – 251 μ.Χ.) καὶ ἀπεστάλησαν δέσμιοι στὴ Ρώμη. Ἀπὸ ἐκεῖ, μετὰ τὴν πρώτη ἀνάκριση, μεταφέρθηκαν στοὺς Ποτιόλους πρὸς τὸν ἡγεμόνα Διομήδη, αὐτὸς δὲ τοὺς παρέπεμψε στὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς Σικελίας Τέρτυλλο, ὁ ὁποῖος, ἀφοῦ δὲν μπόρεσε νὰ τοὺς μεταπείσει, τοὺς καταδίκασε σὲ θάνατο. Τὸν μὲν Ἀλφειὸ ἀποκεφάλισαν, ἀφοῦ τοῦ ἀπέκοψαν τὴ γλῶσσα, τὸν δὲ Φιλάδελφο κατέκαψαν πάνω σὲ πυρακτωμένη σχάρα, ἐνῷ τὸν Κυπρίνο τηγάνισαν μέσα σὲ τεράστιο τηγάνι.
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...
