06 works, Today, September 15th, is Saint Nicetas the Goth’s day, his story illustrated #257

Michael Astrapas and Eutychios
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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