Nicetas

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Nicetas

• Saint Nicetas of RemesianaJune 24Bishop of Remesiana in the province of Dacia Mediterranea, writer and theologian, who died around 414.
• Great Martyr Nicetas the GothSeptember 15Gothic martyr of the fourth century, venerated especially in the Orthodox Church and commemorated on 15 September.
• Confessor Nicetas of MedikionApril 3Monk and abbot of Medikion, a confessor who opposed Byzantine iconoclasm; commemorated on 3 April.
• Stylite Nicetas the Stylite of PereslavlMay 23Twelfth-century Russian monk who, after a careless youth, founded a monastery by Lake Pleshcheyevo.
• Saint Nicetas the RecluseJanuary 31Monk of the Kyiv Caves Lavra who chose the life of a recluse in youth, later bishop of Novgorod; died in 1108.
• Venerable Nicetas the PatricianOctober 13Byzantine monk and former high official, a fervent opponent of iconoclasm, who died in 836.
• Confessor Nicetas of ChalcedonMay 28Archbishop of Chalcedon from 726 to 775, a confessor in the age of iconoclasm, removed from his see.
• NKVenerable Nicetas of KostromaJanuary 23Russian monk, abbot and archimandrite, born in 1365 and died in 1450; also called Nicetas of Radonezh and of Serpukhov.
• NSNew Martyr Nicetas of SerresApril 4New Martyr of Serres in Macedonia, martyred in 1808.
• NTVenerable Nicetas of ThebesJune 23A venerable of Thebes in Greece in the 11th century; venerated locally (Thebes).
• NPConfessor Nicetas of PythiaFebruary 4A Byzantine confessor who lived at Pythia, reposing in 868.
• NNHieromartyr Nicetas the NewApril 19A hieromartyr of Trebizond, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Nicetas?

The name day of Nicetas is June 24, the feast of Saint Nicetas of Remesiana. It is also kept on September 15, April 3, May 23, January 31, October 13, May 28, January 23, April 4.

II.Which saints bore the name Nicetas?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Nicetas, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Nicetas a good baptismal name?

Yes. Nicetas is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Nicetas of Remesiana as patron.