His service at Kharkiv Cathedra was marked by opening of Pokrivsky Monastery in Vodiane Village, and St. Archangel Michael Convent in Lozova. In 1994, the Kharkiv Eparchial News newspaper resumed its circulation. In 1993, Nicodemus opened a religious school renamed into Kharkiv religious seminary. He devoted a lot of attention to restoration of ancient churches and erection of new ones. Since 1977, Nicodemus was a member of the USSR-Mexico Friendship Society, since 1979 — a member of the USSR-Canada Friendship Society, and the National Writer’s Union of Ukraine, an honorary member of its Kharkiv organization.

Titles

Doctor Honoris Causa of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture (1992), I. P. Kotlyarevsky Kharkiv Institute of Arts (1994), Warsaw Christian School (2002), and Kyiv Theological Seminary.

Awards

Honorary Citizen of Kharkiv (1999) and Kharkiv oblast (2006), a lot of church and state awards, including Silver Order of St. Vladimir, Class II (1999), Order of the Merit, Class II (1999) and Class I (2001), Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Class V (2004), Class IV (2006), Class III (2008) and Class II (2011), Order of Mary Magdala (Poland, 2006), Order of Saint Seraphim of Sarov, Class I (2011) and others.