Nomon the Wonderworker

Saint Nomon the Wonderworker was a hermit of the Tamassos district in Cyprus, commemorated on 11 December (new style, in the Church of Cyprus) together with Saint Bechianus. Little is known of him.

His simplicity, fatherly counsels and ascetic life drew suffering people who longed for a little rest, like a magnet. Because he wanted above all stillness and prayer, to be united with God, he was forced to move constantly; for this reason several cave hermitages in the Tamassos area are attributed to him. One of them is near the village of Anagyia, where there are two churches dedicated to the Cypriot saints Nomon and Bechianus, an old one east of the village and a newer one to the west. It is believed that Nomon fell asleep in the cave at this village. The apolytikion calls the two the glory of Tamassos and the adornment of Cyprus, wonderworkers who received the grace of healing.

The commemoration of a venerable Nomon on 18 December appears briefly in the Small Euchologion, the 1956 edition of the Apostolike Diakonia, with no further information; he is probably a saint of the Church of Cyprus.