Nikodim was born in Frolovo in south-west Russia.[2] Ordained in 1960 at the age of 31, the youngest bishop in the Christian world at the time, he went on to become one of the six presidents of the World Council of Churches.[3]
According to the Mitrokhin Archive, which claimed deep Communist penetration of the Russian Orthodox Church, Nikodim was a KGB agent[4] whose ecumenical activity with the Roman Catholic Church and the WCC served to further Soviet goals. The KGB assigned Nikodim the codename "Svyatoslav".[5]
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.[6][7]
Nikodim collapsed and died in 1978 while in Rome for the installation of Pope John Paul I. The new pope, who himself died a few weeks later, prayed over him in his final moments.[8]
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^"Ecumenical Russian: Boris Nikodim". The New York Times. 6 July 1968. p. 4.
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Metropolitan Nikodim secular name Boris Georgiyevich Rotov Russian Boris Georgievich Rotov 15 October 1929 5 September 1978 1 was the Russian Orthodox metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod from 1963 until his death Nikodim Rotov Metropolitan of LeningradNikodim in 1963ChurchRussian Orthodox ChurchInstalled9 October 1963Term ended5 September 1978PredecessorPimen Izvekov SuccessorAnthony Melnikov OrdersOrdination19 August 1947Consecration10 July 1960by Pimen I of MoscowPersonal detailsBornBoris Georgievich Rotov 1929 10 15 15 October 1929Frolovo Korablinsky District Moscow Oblast RSFSR USSRDied5 September 1978 1978 09 05 aged 48 Rome ItalyNationalityRussianDenominationEastern Orthodox ChurchNikodim was born in Frolovo in south west Russia 2 Ordained in 1960 at the age of 31 the youngest bishop in the Christian world at the time he went on to become one of the six presidents of the World Council of Churches 3 According to the Mitrokhin Archive which claimed deep Communist penetration of the Russian Orthodox Church Nikodim was a KGB agent 4 whose ecumenical activity with the Roman Catholic Church and the WCC served to further Soviet goals The KGB assigned Nikodim the codename Svyatoslav 5 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 6 7 Nikodim collapsed and died in 1978 while in Rome for the installation of Pope John Paul I The new pope who himself died a few weeks later prayed over him in his final moments 8 Bibliography EditYuvenalij Poyarkov mitr 1998 Chelovek Cerkvi K 20 letiyu so dnya konchiny i 70 letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya Vysokopreosvyashennejshego mitropolita Leningradskogo i Novgorodskogo Nikodima Patriarshego Ekzarha Zapadnoj Evropy 1929 1978 M Moskovskaya Eparhiya Vasileva O Yu Tridcat let spustya K istorii Pomestnogo Sobora 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