Nikodemos

Nikodemos of Grigoriou was a monk of the Monastery of Grigoriou on Mount Athos, born in 1955 and reposed on 5 February 2009. He is venerated by the faithful without synodal canonization.

The testimony that has been kept describes him as an angelic being, devoted to God from earliest childhood. His elder, Father George (Capsanis), said of him that an angel had gone from among them. He glorified the name of God with his mouth and heart and asked only to fulfil His will completely. He knew from experience that God's will is revealed to a disciple through his elder, so he loved his elder deeply and the elder's will was for him an unbending rule. He used to say: My Christ, I want to enjoy You, but not directly, for I am not worthy, but through my elder; when I see him, I want to see You.