Nikon the Metanoeite
10th-century Byzantine monk and Eastern Orthodox saint / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nikon the "Metanoite" (Greek: Νίκων ὁ Μετανοεῖτε, Nikon ho Metanoeite (Nikon the Repentant); born circa 930,[1] died 998[2][3]) was a Byzantine monk, itinerant preacher, and Christian Orthodox saint.[4][5] Perhaps Nikon's most notable historical impact, according to historian Andrew Louth, was his Life, the biography of Nikon written after his death by a successor abbot in his monastery, focused on the re-Christianizing of reconquered sections of the Byzantine Empire.[6] It is also special in its references of localities in Crete and the central Greek mainland. Nikon himself was special in that he was represented as a missionary monk, one who was constantly preaching rather than constantly praying.[7]