Nektarios of Aegina

St. Nektarios of Aegina, Metropolitan of Pentapolis, wonderworker.

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.

Countless healings have been attributed to his intercession, and he is invoked especially by those suffering from cancer and serious illness. He was glorified as a saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1961, and his feast is a major name day for those named Nektarios and Nektaria.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Nektarios of Aegina is commemorated on November 9. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 22 of the civil calendar.

Who celebrates a name day

People with these names keep their name day on this feast:

Nektarios, Nectarios, Nectarius, Nektaria

Also commemorated on November 9

• Onesiphoros the Apostle

  Apostle, Ονησιφόρος

  Holy Apostle Onesiphoros.

  Name days: Onisiforos

• Matrona of Constantinople

  Holy Woman, Ματρώνα η Οσία

  Venerable Matrona of Perge, who lived disguised as a monk and later founded a convent in Constantinople.

• Theoktiste of Lesbos

  Holy Woman, Θεοκτίστη η Λεσβία

  Venerable Theoktiste of Lesbos, who lived alone for thirty-five years on the island of Paros.

  Name days: Theoktisti, Theoktiste, Theoctista

• Eustolia and Sopatra

  Holy Woman, Ευστολία και Σωπάτρα

  Venerable Eustolia and Sopatra, nuns of Constantinople.

• Symeon Metaphrastes

  Venerable, Συμεών ο Μεταφραστής

  Venerable Symeon Metaphrastes, compiler of the lives of the saints.

• John Kolovos

  Venerable, Ιωάννης ο Κολοβός

  Venerable John the Short of Scetis, disciple of Abba Ammoes and teacher of obedience.

• Euthymios and Neophytos of Docheiariou

  Venerable, Ευθύμιος και Νεόφυτος οι Δοχειαρίτες

  Venerable Euthymios and Neophytos, founders of the Docheiariou monastery on Mount Athos.

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