Nicetas of Novgorod Saint

Bishop Nicetas (Russian: Епископ Никита) was born in Kiev, Ukraine, 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.His feast days in the Orthodox Church are on May 14; the day of his repose, January 31; and the day of the Uncovering of his Relics in 1558, on April 30.

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Birth place
Ukraine , Kiev
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1107
Place of death
Russia , Veliky Novgorod
TitleBishop of Novgorod

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