72:, where he practiced tailoring. He had been married four times and his fourth wife was a Muslim, so he converted for her sake. The first son, who was in adulthood, refused to convert, so he left home and settled in the Holy Mountain. When he learned that his son was on Mount Athos, Nicholas wanted to meet him. He went to Athos, and when he saw the monks' lives, prayers, fasting, and religious services, he repented and realized the sin he had committed.
104:
to protect it from any possible robbery or desecration. The saint's head is stored in a silver box, which weighs 755 grams. The silver box was engraved by Berat jewelers. On July 10, 1991, Lili Koçi's son, Llazar, took the saint's head from the wall and sent it to church to honor the faithful. Every 10 July, the head of St. Nicodemus of Berat is sent to the church of St. Michael, by Llazar Koçi, who piously guards it in his own house.
103:
The relics of St. Nicodemus were found in the church of St. Michael. After the destruction of the churches, in 1967, the relics were to be destroyed, but the bones were rescued by the faithful, while the head of the saint was taken by the psalmist Lili Thimi Koçi, who hid it in the wall of his house,
82:
On Mount Athos, Nicodemus learned that the man who denied Christ in front of people could only be forgiven by God if he affirmed it again in front of people, so the desire arose to return to Berat and confess Christ before all. Before leaving, he had a meeting with a well-known ascetic of Athos, with
92:
tried to persuade him to refrain from such an act, but seeing his insistence, ordered that he be executed. Nicodemus was sentenced to beheading on July 10, 1709. In some Greek ecclesiastical sources, the date and year of his martyrdom are given as July 11, 1722 and 1714.
87:
with a stick in his hand. As soon as he arrived, people recognized him immediately. As soon as they had learned of the matter of his conversion to
Christianity, they reported him and brought him before the Kadi. At first the
44:, Greece. After three years he decided to return in his native town, informing the Muslim authorities of his decision. He was beheaded on 11 July 1722. His relics are venerated in
219:
184:
181:Ἀκολουθία τοῦ ἁγίου ὁσιομάρτυρος Νικοδήμου τοῦ μαρτυρήσαντος ἐν τῆ πόλει Βελεγράδων κατὰ τὸ αψθ ἔτος Ἰουλίοῳ ι, ποιηθεῖσα παρὰ τοῦ ἐν Ἱερομονάχοις Γρηγορίου Μοσχοπολίτου.
234:
79:, presented himself to the patriarch Philotheus and became a monk, taking the name Nicodemus. There he repented so much that he fasted for three years, praying to God.
229:
209:
132:
199:
96:
The service dedicated to the saint, a Greek "Biography of St. Nicodemus the
Younger of Vithkuq", was published in 1741 by
224:
176:
204:
122:
214:
97:
128:
76:
152:
193:
170:
57:
41:
65:
89:
61:
33:
29:
83:
the hermit
Acacius, to whom he asked for advice. Nicodemus left for
84:
69:
45:
37:
36:. He was married and had children there. Later he converted to
100:. The publication was printed at the Academy of Moscopole.
60:
of
Nicodemus was Nikolla Dede, and he was originally from
177:
Holy New Martyr
Nikodemos the Albanian of Elbasan (+1722)
153:Ὁ Ἅγιος Νικόδημος ὁ νέος Ὁσιομάρτυρας ἀπὸ τὸ Ἐλβασᾶν
185:Përmbledhje nga jeta e Shën Nikodhimit të Beratit
8:
220:Christian martyrs executed by decapitation
235:Christian saints from the Ottoman Empire
113:
124:The Foundations of Christian Bioethics
40:and then became a Christian again, at
173:. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
127:. Taylor & Francis. p. 328.
7:
230:People associated with Mount Athos
121:Engelhardt, Hugo Tristram (2000).
14:
157:11 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
1:
210:18th-century Albanian people
251:
26:Shën Nikodhimi i Beratit
22:Saint Nicodemus of Berat
200:Eastern Orthodox saints
147:Great Synaxaristes:
225:People from Elbasan
98:Gregory of Durrës
77:skete of St. Anne
242:
158:
150:
145:
139:
138:
118:
250:
249:
245:
244:
243:
241:
240:
239:
205:Albanian saints
190:
189:
171:July 11/July 24
167:
162:
161:
148:
146:
142:
135:
120:
119:
115:
110:
54:
32:in present-day
16:The new martyr
12:
11:
5:
248:
246:
238:
237:
232:
227:
222:
217:
212:
207:
202:
192:
191:
188:
187:
182:
179:
174:
166:
163:
160:
159:
140:
133:
112:
111:
109:
106:
68:. He lived in
53:
50:
28:) was born in
20:also known as
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
247:
236:
233:
231:
228:
226:
223:
221:
218:
216:
213:
211:
208:
206:
203:
201:
198:
197:
195:
186:
183:
180:
178:
175:
172:
169:
168:
164:
156:
154:
144:
141:
136:
134:9789026515576
130:
126:
125:
117:
114:
107:
105:
101:
99:
94:
91:
86:
80:
78:
73:
71:
67:
63:
59:
51:
49:
47:
43:
39:
35:
31:
27:
23:
19:
151:
143:
123:
116:
102:
95:
81:
74:
58:secular name
55:
25:
21:
17:
15:
215:1722 deaths
75:He went to
42:Mount Athos
24:(Albanian:
194:Categories
149:(in Greek)
108:References
18:Nicodemus
165:Sources
62:Vithkuq
34:Albania
30:Vithkuq
131:
85:Berat
70:Berat
66:Korça
46:Berat
38:Islam
129:ISBN
90:Kadi
56:The
52:Life
196::
64:,
48:.
155:.
137:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.