
Holy Great Martyr, Niketas (Nicetas) the Goth, betw. ca. 1308-ca. 1320
Čučer in today’s Čučer-Sandevo in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
After the victory of Fritigern, heading a Christian army and inflicting defeat on the pagan Athanaric, the Christian Faith began to spread increasingly among the Goths. The Arian bishop Ulfilas, the successor to Bishop Theophilus, created a Gothic alphabet and translated into the Gothic language many priestly books. Saint Niketas worked intensely among his fellow Goths at spreading Christianity…
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