Nectarios of Aegina

St. Nectarios of Pentapolis ( born October 1, 1846 in Sylebria, Ottoman Empire, † November 8, 1920 in Athens ) is a saint of the Orthodox Church.

Life

Nektarios (now Eastern Thrace, Silivri in Turkey) was born on October 1, 1846 in Sylebria under the civil name Anastasios Kefalas. Anastasios first worked as a teacher in the village of lithium on Chios, before he became a monk in the Nea Moni in Chios town. First, he was named Lazaros, but after three years he was given the name Nektarios.

After studying theology in Athens in 1885 he came to Alexandria in Egypt, and was ordained priest on 23 March 1886. Just three years later he was ordained in Cairo in the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas as Metropolitan of Pentapolis. The accusation Nektarios strive for the Patriarch 's throne, meant that he was relieved of all his ecclesiastical duties on July 11, 1890, he returned to Athens. He worked as a simple preacher in Greece until he became director of the seminary in Athens on March 8, 1894.

After his retirement on December 7, 1908, Nektarios went to the monastery Zoodohos Pighi back on the island of Aegina. He has authored numerous books, until he died on 8 November 1920. He was buried in the monastery, and soon the first pilgrims came. On September 2, 1953 his remains were buried in the convent church a second time, and Nektarios was canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople Opel on April 20, 1961. November 9 (one day after his date of death ) was defined as a day of celebration.

Works

• Priest Guide ( Athens 1907)
• Historical study of the Precious Cross ( Athens 1914)
• Study of the divine mysteries ( Athens 1915)
• Christian Ethics