Saint

Nicholas II of Constantinople
Seal of Nicholas Chrysoberges
Patriarch of Constantinople
Born10th century
Died991
Constantinople
Venerated inOrthodox Church; Catholic Church
Feast16 December
Saint

Nicholas II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Installed979
Term ended991
Personal details
DenominationEastern Orthodox; Chalcedonian Christianity

Nicholas II Chrysoberges (Greek: Νικόλαος Χρυσοβέργης;[lower-alpha 1] died 16 December 991) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople[1][2] from 984 to 991.

In 980, during the reign of Emperor Basil II, when Nicholas Chrysoberges was Ecumenical Patriarch, the Archangel Gabriel was believed to have appeared in the guise of a monk to the disciple of a certain monk at the Monastery of the Pantocrator in Mount Athos. The monk reported that the angel sang a new verse of the matins hymn, recorded on a slate still held at the monastery. Nicholas received the relic in the cathedral of Hagia Sophia. The Axion Estin is still sung in Orthodox services.

Nicholas' tenure also saw the completion of the Christianization of the Rus' and the appointment of the first metropolitan for Rus', Michael the Syrian.

Patriarch Nicholas was later canonized and is commemorated by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church on 16 December.

Notes

  1. Chrysoberges meaning "golden wand"

References

  1. Jennifer Lawler (2011). Encyclopedia of the Byzantine Empire. McFarland. p. 328.
  2. Richard P. H. Greenfield, Alice-Mary Maffry Talbot (2016). Holy Men of Mount Athos. Harvard University Press.


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