Saint Niketas, Pleaser of God

Life

He lived in Constantinople in the twelfth century. By his life he so pleased God that church doors opened of themselves before him and oil lamps lit themselves of their own accord. So powerful was his prayer. At the wish of a certain deacon Sozon and through the prayer of Niketas, a certain priest from the other world appeared, with whom Sozon had been in a quarrel and had remained unreconciled. First one row of priests appeared in white vestments and then another row in red vestments. Sozon recognized among them his adversary and was reconciled with him. This occurred at night in the Church of Blachernae.