Venerable
Niphont of Ustyug
Venerable monk of Ustyug, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Holy Venerable Niphont of Ustyug, also called Niphont of Telegov, is remembered as the founder of the Telegov Monastery of the Holy Trinity, built in 1553 in the district of Ustyug on the river Dvina.
The Azbyka page holds no life of him, only this note. His memory is kept on 11 July, in the Synaxis of the Saints of Vologda, in the new style.