St. Nikon "Metanoeite" icon Mounted on wood Sizes:12 x 18

St. Nikon "Metanoeite" icon Mounted on wood Sizes:12 x 18Orthodox icon of Saint Nikon of "Metanoeite" the Preacher of repentance. Commemorated November 26th Saint Nikon Metanoeite (the Preacher of Repentance) was born at Pontus Polemoniacus at the beginning of the tenth century. He was the son of a wealthy landowner, and he was given the name Nicetas in Baptism. Since he had no desire to take over the management of his familys wealth and estates, Nicetas entered the monastery of Chrysopetro, where he shone

astonished by her beauty

he lost his parents

This common feast of these three great and profound teachers was officially instituted a little before the year 1100

Commemorated November 9th

the head of a nearby monastery with a strict cenobitic rule

said the monk

many brave men fought in the stadium and Maximian rejoiced at these spectacles

and of blaspheming the Most Holy Theotokos

He came out of the altar and tied his omophorion around the sorcerer's neck

held vigils and fasted daily

He went to the Rodolpheia (The Judgment) monastery in Constantinople

St Epiphanius of Cyprus gives the following account about the birth of the Prophet Elijah: When Elijah was born