Who is Nikodim?

Who is Nikodim?

Metropolitan Nikodim (secular name Boris Georgiyevich Rotov, Russian: Борис Георгиевич Ротов, 15 October 1929 – 5 September 1978), was the Russian Orthodox metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod from 1963 until his death. Nikodim was born in Frolovo in southwest Russia.

Who was Nikodim Svyatoslav?

The KGB assigned Nikodim the codename “Svyatoslav”. Nikodim is said to have participated in negotiating a secret 1960s agreement between Soviet and Vatican officials that authorized Eastern Orthodox participation in the Second Vatican Council in exchange for non-condemnation of atheistic communism during the conciliar assemblies.

How did Pope Nikodim die?

Nikodim collapsed and died in 1978 while in Rome for the installation of Pope John Paul I. The new pope, who would himself die a few weeks later, prayed over him in his final moments. Ювеналий (Поярков), митр. (1998).

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