St. Nektarios

[ThomasV]

My grandmother was baptized by St. Nektarios. She is 94 or 95 now She is the reason for my spiritual life

[Philothei]

That is wonderful! St. Nektarios holds a special place in my family. He is my protector saint. You rightfully must feel very honored and blessed to have a grandmother who was baptized by one of our saints.

God bless,
Philothei

[buzuxi02]

Awesome!!!

[Knowledge3]

Cool. :eek:

I have little knowledge of St. Nektarios, but I still have plenty to study about.

Peace, K3 :priest:

[Philothei]

http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/saint_nektarios_egina_e.htm

[Philothei]

Decision of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa.
Alexandria 15th September 1998
The Holy Spirit has enlightened the gathered members of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa, under the leadership of H.B. Petros VII, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, more than a century since Saint Nektarios, the great Teacher and Father of the Holy Eastern Orthodox Church was expelled from the Church of Alexandria, to reach the following decision:

Taking into account the resolution of the Church to rank Saint Nektarios amongst the saints because of his innumerable miracles and his acceptance within the religious conscience of Orthodox Christians throughout the world, we appeal to the mercy of the ever-charitable God.
We hereby restore the ecclesiastical order of the Saint of our Century, Saint Nektarios, and grant to him all due credits and honors. We beseech Saint Nektarios to forgive both us, unworthy as we are, and our predecessors, our brothers of the Throne of Alexandria, for opposition to the Saint and for all which, due to human weakness or error, our Holy Father, Bishop of Pentapolis, Saint Nektarios, suffered.
PETROS VII
By the Grace of God
Pope and Patriarch
of Alexandria and All Africa.
it is interesting how the Patriarchate of Alexandria waited all these years to issue this. Some things in our church take time.... Sainthood is one of them.

Holy Father St. Nektarie, Pray for us!

P.

[Shubunkin]

Cool. :eek:

I have little knowledge of St. Nektarios, but I still have plenty to study about.

Peace, K3 :priest:
I, too, have much to learn about the saints. :) I had heard of St. Nektarios, but did not know about him. That is so wonderful that your grandmother was baptized by this saint, and she is still living! That is wonderful. We have a lady in our parish that just turned 92. She is a delightful person, and I enjoy talking with her a lot.

[Tsarina]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptg3RVtoeYA

[repentant]

St. Nektarios is one of my favorite Saints. Such a humble man, even after all he went through.

Holy St. Nektarios, pray for me a sinner.

[eoe]

St. Nektarios: A Saint for Our Century
by S. Chondropoulos (http://www.light-n-life.com/shopping/order_product.asp?ProductNum=STNE550)
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Description:
As a contemporary saint of our times, St. Nektarios is quickly becoming one of the best known Saints of all time. In addition to all the historical facts about his life, this volume includes an enormous amount of material about his spiritual life from his many writings and from the testimony of his contemporaries. Formerly entitled, St. Nektarios: A Saint of our Times. 289 pages. (http://www.light-n-life.com/shopping/order_product.asp?ProductNum=STNE550)

[EmperorConstantine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptg3RVtoeYA
Oh, I was going to post that! :(

I now feel motivated to learn about him.