Nicetas_of_Novgorod

Nicetas of Novgorod

Nicetas of Novgorod

Monk and hermit

Nicetas (Russian: Епископ Никита) was born in Kiev, Kievan Rus', he became a monk in the Monastery of the Caves, but then embraced the life of a hermit. According to custom, Nicetas was much plagued by demonic torments and returned to the monastery. Later in 1095 Nicetas was named to the office of Bishop of Novgorod, he acquired a reputation for performing miracles.[1]

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His feast days in the Orthodox Church are on 14 May;[2] the day of his repose, 31 January;[3] and the day of the Uncovering of his Relics in 1558, on 30 April.[4] The relics of Nicetas are in Cathedral of St. Sophia, Novgorod.

Notes

  1. [1]
    St. Nicetas Catholic Online
  2. [2]
    (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ὁ Ἔγκλειστος. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. [3]
    (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νικήτας ἐκ Κιέβου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  4. [4]
    (in Greek) Ἀνακομιδὴ Τιμίων Λειψάνων Ἁγίου Νικήτα Ἀρχιεπισκόπου Νόβγκοροντ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.



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