Thurston & Attwater 1956, p. 426: "NIKON, a native of Pontus, in his youth fled from his friends to a monastery called Khrysopetro, where he lived twelve years in the practice of the most austere penance and prayer." Thurston, Herbert; Attwater, Donald (1956). Lives of the Saints, Volume 4 (em inglês). New York, New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons