He went to Mount Athos, and when he saw the monks' lives, prayers, fasting, and religious services, he repented and realised the sin he had committed.
Before leaving, he had a meeting with a well-known ascetic of Athos, with the hermit Acacius, to whom he asked for advice.
The service dedicated to the saint, a Greek "Biography of St. Nicodemus the Younger of Vithkuq", was published in 1741 by Gregory of Durrës.
After the destruction of the churches, in 1967, the relics were to be destroyed, but the bones were rescued by the faithful, while the head of the saint was taken by the psalmist Lili Thimi Koçi, who hid it in the wall of his house, to protect it from any possible robbery or desecration.
On July 10, 1991, Lili Koçi's son, Llazar, took the saint's head from the wall and sent it to church to honor the faithful.
Every 10 July, the head of St. Nicodemus of Berat is sent to the church of St. Michael, by Llazar Koçi, who piously guards it in his own house.