OCHRID
Saints

Martyr

Venerable Martyr Nikita

April 4 Old CalendarApril 17 New Calendar

Read April 4 in the Prologue

Life

A Slav from Albania. As a monk of the Holy Mountain he went to Serres, where he disputed with mullahs about the Faith. Unable to overcome him by argument, the Turks subjected him to torture, in which the holy Nikita expired and gave up his soul to God in the year 1808.

From the Prologue from Ochrid by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, April 4. Translated by Marcian Sakarya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Also commemorated on April 4

Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer VenerableHoly Martyr Fervuta, Her Widowed Sister, and Their Handmaid MartyrVenerable Zosimas Venerable

The full reading for April 4 includes the hymn of praise, a reflection, a contemplation and a homily.

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