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Niksar, historically known as Neocaesarea (Νεοκαισάρεια), is a city in Tokat Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Niksar District. Its population is 37,017 (2022). It was settled by many empires. Niksar is known as "Çukurova of North-Anatolia" due to its production of many kinds of fruits and vegetables. On May 2, 2018, Niksar was ...
Pontus Polemoniacus, with its capital at Polemonium (also called Side), and including the cities of Neocaesarea, Argyroupolis, Comana, and Cerasus as well. Cappadocian Pontus , with its capital at Trebizond, and including the small ports of Athanae and Rhizaeon .
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Neocaesarea, Pontus (modern-day Niksar, Tokat, Turkey) Died: c. AD 270 Pontus (modern-day Turkey) Venerated in: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy: Canonized: Pre-Congregation: Major shrine: Calabria: Feast: November 17 Saturday before first Sunday of Advent (Armenian Apostolic Church) Attributes
Gregory Thaumaturgus (c. 210–270) was an influential bishop and missionary in Neocaesarea, Pontus (modern Niksar), in northern Cappadocia. Through powerful miracles, Gregory converted the pagans of Pontus to Christianity. He had a profound effect on the later Cappadocian Fathers.
NEOCAESAREA (Niksar) Pontus, Turkey. About 103 km inland by mountain road over the coastal range (Paryadres Mons), overlooking the plain of the Kelkit Çayi (Lycus fl.). This is probably the same site as Kabeira, a treasury and hunting lodge of Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus, where Pompey in 64 B.C. founded the city of Diospolis.
Neocaesarea in Bithynia. The exact location is uncertain, but it was probably in the western part of Bithynia mentioned in 1 Peter 1.1. Two of its bishops attended synods in Constantinople: Olympius ( c. 381) and Cyriacus (518). Neocaesarea in Pontus Polemoniacus.
Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus (born c. 213, Neocaesarea, Pontus Polemoniacus [now Niksar, Turkey]—died c. 270, Neocaesarea; feast day November 17) was a Greek Christian apostle of Roman Asia and champion of orthodoxy in the 3rd-century Trinitarian (nature of God) controversy.
