St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite

1749–1809 · Mount Athos · Feast July 14

Nikodemos was born on Naxos and came to Mount Athos at 26. With St. Makarios of Corinth he gathered and published the Philokalia, a great collection of the Fathers’ writings on prayer, in 1782. He edited and wrote dozens of other books on the services, the canons and the spiritual life, and lived in poverty in a small cell until his death.

Feast: July 14 (New Calendar)
Lived: 1749–1809
Place: Mount Athos

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