Saint Nikitas

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Agios Nikitas descended from the nation of the Goths, who had settled beyond the Danube River (Istros at the geography Meletio, called the River Danube from where it joins the River Safo to the Black Sea or in & # 039; others from Axioupoli and down to its mouth.), during the reign of Constantine the Great.From child Nikita was taught the holy faith of the Goth bishop Theophilus, who often reminded to Nikita words of Ap. Paul: “In ois plas … learned from infants sanctuaries oidᾳs letters, the liable in sofisai unto salvation through faith of in Christ Jesus “(B & # 039; prosTimotheon, c & # 039; 14-15). Namely, he remains steadfast in & # 039; those learned. From toddler know the Scriptures, you can transmit your true wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. And that’s how it happened.When the ruler Athanarichos arrested Nikita and threatened to deny Christ, he remained unmoved in & # 039; what she learned as a child. Confessed courageously Christ before the ruler, who when he heard infuriated much. He ordered immediately and broken bones in the most horrible way. Others hate the Barbarians was so, that after they threw him into the fire, where he found death. The fire, however, with the divine will respect the relic. He took a devout Christian and preserved in a case.