Venerable (Monastic) · 10th century
Venerable Nikon Metanoeite
Also known as Nikon the Preacher of Repentance
A wealthy landowner's son who became a monk and traveled preaching repentance, whose refrain 'Repent' gave him the name Metanoeite.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints