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Our venerable and God-bearing Father '''Nikephoros of Chios''' (1750-1821; also ''Nicephoros, Nicephorus, Nikephorus'') is the spiritual son and [[disciple]] of [[Macarius Notaras of Corinth|Macarius of Corinth]] who is was known for his holy life and character, being known as a [[saint]] even during his lifetime. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[May 1]].
==Life==
St. Nikephoros was a [[hieromonk]] born around 1750 in the town of Kardamyla, in the northeastern part of the famous Aegean island of [[Metropolis of Chios|Chios]]. He was educated in Chios, taught and wrote in Chios, led As a child he fell seriously ill with a contagious disease. His parents vowed that if he survived he would be given as a life [[monk]] to the [[monastery]] of [[Nea Moni of spiritual endeavor thereChios|Nea Moni]]. He loved Chios as recovered from his fatherland, illness and as became a place where piety and learning were flourishing. For this reasonmonk, and because no occasion arose for him to leave studying at the island, he remained within its confines throughout his lifetimefamous Chiote school.
His mentors included Fr. [[Neophytus Kafsokalyvitis]] <ref>A jewish man who became an Athonite monk and later a director of the Chiote School.</ref>, Fr. [[Athanasius of Paros]] and St. [[Macarius Notaras of Corinth|Macarius of Corinth]] <ref>St. Macarius of Corinth had the greatest influence on Nikephoros.</ref>. He was ordained and elected an abbot of Nea Moni <ref>He reisgned before his two-year term ended because he did not like handling the estate's finances and spiritual matters that were met with resistance by the monks of the monastery.</ref>. :''Although St . Nicephorus probably reposed in the summer of 1821, his Feast Day is designated as May 1. He died in a home near the church of St . Paraskeve, where he sometimes stayed overnight when he was unable to get back to Resta. His body was brought back to Resta, and was placed in a grave where both St . [[Athanasius Parios|Athanasius Parius]] and the monk Nilus had once been buried. The holy [[relics]] of St . Nicephorus were uncovered in 1845 and brought to the metropolitan church of Chios. Many years later, the Guild of Tanners asked for the relics and placed them in the church of St . George. In 1907, an [[icon]] of St . Nicephorus was painted, and a church service was composed in his honor.''<ref>[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101262 Venerable Nicephorus of Chios] ([[OCA]])</ref> He taught and wrote in Chios, led a life of spiritual endeavor there. He loved Chios as his fatherland, and as a place where piety and learning were flourishing. For this reason, and because no occasion arose for him to leave the island, he remained within its confines throughout his lifetime.  He reposed in 1821, and before his death foretold the devastation of Chios the following year by the Turks. His relics now remain in the [[Church of St. George (Chios)|Church of St. George]] in Resta.
==Bibliography==
==''The New Leimonarion''==
*In 1805, on his deathbed, St. [[Macarius of Corinth|Macarius]] asked St. Nikephoros to finish his book ''The New Leimonarion'' and see that it be published. This book contains the [[hagiography|lives]] and church services of various [[martyr]]s, [[ascetic]]s, and other saints. Three saints collaborated to compile this book: St. Macarius, St. Nikephoros, and St. Athanasius Parios.
==Relationships==
==Further reading==
*''Saint Nikephoros of Chios (Modern Orthodox Saints, vol. 4)'' by [[osource:Author:Constantine Cavarnos|Constantine Cavarnos]]. ISBN 0-914744-74-7 Paperbound.
:''An account of the of the life, character, and message of St. Nikephoros of Chios (1750-1821) — outstanding writer of liturgical poetry and lives of saints, educator, spiritual striver, and trainer of martyrs—together with a comprehensive list of his publications, selections from them, and brief biographies of eleven neo-martyrs and other Orthodox saints who are treated in his works.'' - 1976. 2nd, augmented edition, 1986. 124 pp., 2 illus.
*''St. Nikephoros of Chios, outstanding writer of litrugical poetry and lives of saints, educator, spiritual striver, and traner of martyrs'' by [[osource:Author:Constantine Cavarnos|Constantine Cavarnos]]. Publisher: Belmont, Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, c. 1976. ISBN 0914744321. pp. 111-114.
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