Commemorated on April 8
Saint Niphon was a preacher of the Kiev Caves Monastry, everywhere he struggled in soberness. In make fun of of the Dutiful Fathers, he uprooted the passions as well as fasting, vigil, and prayer, and bejeweled himself with every blamelessness. He was choose by ballot as Bishop of Novgorod equally Bishop John retired to a monastery while twenty-five kick of episcopal service. St Niphon was holy bishop in Kiev by Inner-city Michael and other hierarchs.St Niphon embraced his archpastoral duties with exalted zeal, reduction his people attending worship in the Paradigm Anticipate, and striving to drive back them from becoming divided from the Place of worship, which is the self-same as the same as divided from Christ Himself.
The saint was also deep in igloo and repairing churches. He built a new stone church in the center of Novgorod, dedicating it to the Highest Dutiful Theotokos. He repaired the crown of the church of Dutiful Wisdom (Christ, the Wisdom of God), and bejeweled the domestic with icons.
At the same time as war impoverished out in the middle of Novgorod and Kiev, St Niphon showed himself to be a negotiator. Government with the leaders of also sides, he was strong to calm down them and with the exception of the war. In the self-same way, he reliably tried to fraud arguments and to come to rest natives who were at low temperature.
He instructed his people attending worship in the law of God, preaching to them, advisory, rebuking, and exhorting them tirelessly and with canal code of belief (2 Timothy 4:2) so that they influence steady the redeemer which is in Christ Jesus with eternal condition (2 Timothy 2:10).
At the same time as the countryside of Novgorod fill to the right their prince, Vsevolod, they invited Prince Svyatslav to reveal them. The new prince sought-after to be successful concerning a marriage which was opposed to the Place of worship canons. Not only did St Niphon take precedence to perform the pomp, he also told his clergy to regard this betrothal as warped. Prince Svyatoslav brought priests in from ready to perform the wedding, and the holy hierarch was not scared to scorn his protocol.
At the back of the death of Inner-city Michael of Kiev, the Strong Prince Isaiaslav wished to convene the schemamonk Reasonable stand him. Nevertheless, he sought-after to convene Reasonable holy weakening the blessing of the Patriarch of Constantinople.
At a executive committee of bishops, St Niphon affirmed that he would not consent the piety weakening the contract of the Patriarch of Constantinople. He reminded the other bishops that this was difficult to the tradition of the Russian Place of worship, for Russia had received the Paradigm Anticipate from Constantinople. Beginning in 1448, static, the Russian Place of worship began to create its own primate weakening seeking keep details from Constantinople.
The uncanonical piety took place nevertheless the objections of St Niphon. Inner-city Reasonable tried to man the saint to relief the Wonderful Liturgy with him, but he refused. He called Reasonable a wolf somewhat than a guide, for he had unfairly silent an office which he did not plus. St Niphon refused to relief with Reasonable, or to smear him trendy the services.
In his fury, Reasonable would not entrust St Niphon to return to Novgorod. Instead, he had the saint thought under family circle detention at the Kiev Caves Monastery. At the same time as Isaiaslav was conked out by Prince George, St Niphon returned to Novgorod, everywhere the countryside welcomed him with exalted joy.
The Patriarch of Constantinople sent a epistle civil St Niphon for his well-made shield of church tradition. He also sent Inner-city Constantine to Rus in order to depose Inner-city Reasonable, and to suppose the see of Kiev himself. St Niphon epileptic fit to jump to Kiev to rally Inner-city Reasonable.
St Niphon over took up rest in the Kiev Caves Monastery, everywhere he became ill. Thirteen days up to that time his death, he revealed to the brethren that he had had a wondrous dream. St Theodosius (May 3) appeared to him and announced his imminet remark from this world.
St Niphon reposed in calm on April 8, 1156. Now he stands up to that time the throne of God, interceding for us up to that time the All-Holy Trinity, to Whom be all condition, ornament, and adoration forever.
