St. Niketasthe Stylite
the Wonderworker · of Pereyaslavl
Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life
“While his wife was preparing a meal for their guests, suddenly she saw some things rising to the surface in the boiling pot: blood, human heads, hands, and feet.”
Dates of commemoration for saint
Synaxes & other dates of commemoration
Birth
12th century
Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, Kievan Rus
Death
24 May (6 June) 1186
Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, Kievan Rus
Life path
- Married
- Monk
- Tax Collector
- Enlightened by God
Undertakings & Callings
- Verigi
- Stylitism
- Asceticism
- Founding a monastery
God's Gifts
- Wonderworking
- Healing
- Incorrupt relics
Sufferings
- Murder