Nicetas was a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Despite the objections of Nikon the Abbot of the Caves, Nicetas embraced the life of a solitary hermit at a young age.
17th-century Russian icon
April 29 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - May 1
St. Estelle (Basilique Saint-Eutrope, Saintes, France).
Saint Swithbert the Younger.
St. Ignatius Bryanchaninov.
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "Of the Passion".