Nikḗtas of Thebes and those with him

Commemorated on June 23.

Saint Nikḗtas of Thebes was a resident of the seven-gated (Επτάπυλη) city of Thebes in Boetia. At the age of sixteen, he was tonsured as a monk, and other ascetics were drawn to him by reports of his spiritual character and moral purity. Among these were the monks Daniel, Theodore, and Gregory.

The Venerable Nikḗtas was deemed worthy of the charism of working miracles. He reposed in the Lord, full of days, in the year 1079.

In the Life of Saint Nikḗtas it is said that he once traveled to Patras, where he met Saint Daniel, a great ascetic and a man of prayer. He had received from God the gift of hospitality, like that of Abraham; that is, to receive people, offering them rest by giving them spiritual guidance.

Troparion

(Podoben: “O citizen of the desert...”)
From childhood you followed the Lord, O Nikḗtas,
through prayers, vigils, and all forms of asceticism,
earnestly keeping His commandments,
for which you received the divine Schema, and were seen by Theodore, enveloped in perceptible light.
Glory to Christ Who glorified you.
Glory to Him Who made you wondrous.
Glory to Him Who has shown you to be a godly Elder.