Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain

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St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (or Nicodemos the Hagiorite) was a great theologian and teacher of the Orthodox Church, reviver of hesychasm, 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.

St. Nicodemus reposed in the Lord in 1809, and was glorified by the Orthodox Church in 1955. His feastday is celebrated on July 14

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