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[[Image:StNicodemusOfTheHolyMountain.jpg|160px|thumb|right|Icon of St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain]] St. '''Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain''' (or Nicodemos the Hagiorite) was a great theologian and teacher of the [[Orthodox Church]], reviver of [[hesychasm]], [[Canon Law|canonist]], hagiologist and writer of liturgical poetry.
St. Nicodemus was born c.1749 in Naxos, Greece. In 1775 he became a [[monk]] at [[Mount Athos]]. He worked with [[Saint]] Macarius Nataras of Corinth to compile the [[Philokalia]], a defining work on [[monastic]] spirituality. He translated several books on Western spirituality into Greek, and wrote several original works including ''Lives of the Saints''.
