When is Nektaria’s name day?

Nektaria’s name day is November 9, the feast of Nektarios of Aegina.

Churches that follow the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the same feast on November 22 of the civil calendar. See everything commemorated on November 9.

The saint behind the name

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  Nektarios of Aegina

  November 9, Hierarch, Νεκτάριος

  St. Nektarios of Aegina, Metropolitan of Pentapolis, is one of the most beloved saints of modern Greece. Born in Selybria of Thrace in 1846, he served the Church with great humility and was slandered and unjustly removed from his see in Egypt, bearing the injustice without bitterness. He later taught in Athens and founded the Holy Trinity Convent on the island of Aegina, where he reposed in 1920.

  Name days: Nektarios, Nectarios, Nectarius, Nektaria

Also celebrating on November 9

These names share the feast, many of them other forms of the same name:

Nektarios, Nectarios, Nectarius

What to say on a name day

The Greek wish is Χρόνια Πολλά (Chronia Polla), “many years.” A call or a short message on the day is what people remember. See name day wishes you can send and what a name day is.