Saints of Orthodoxy

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.”
St. Niketas the Stylite

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

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