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Portrait of Saint Nectarios of Aegina Site of Saint Nectarios birth house in Silivri, Istanbul, Turkey. Anastasios Kephalas (Greek: Αναστάσιος Κεφαλάς), later Nectarios, was born on 1 October 1846 in Selymbria, to a poor family. [2] His parents, Dimos and Maria Kephalas, were pious Christians but not wealthy. [1] [2]
Notation of melody and chords for the hymn. [1]Agni Parthene (Greek: Ἁγνὴ Παρθένε), rendered "O Virgin Pure" or "O Pure Virgin", is a Greek Marian hymn composed by St. Nectarios of Aegina in the late 19th century, first published in print in his Theotokarion (Θεοτοκάριον, ἤτοι προσευχητάριον μικρόν) in 1905.
Nectarios, Nektarios or Nectarius (Greek: Νεκτάριος) is a Greek male given name encountered in Greece and Cyprus.It means "of nectar". Although its etymology refers to the word νέκταρ (néktar, an ancient Greek word meaning "overcoming death", a honey miraculous beverage of Olympian Gods), [1] the name Nectarios was never used in ancient Greece.
Man of God is based on the life of Saint Nectarios of Aegina, Greece. The film depicts his work among the public and within the church and also his conflicts with his superiors and the religious establishment. The film does not cover his childhood and Nektarios is already serving as a Metropolitan bishop in Egypt in the opening of the film. [6]
Paul quotes the pagan poets Aratus and Epimenides in Acts 17:28: "For in him we live, and move, and have our being: as certain also of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.'" Some early Christian poets such as Ausonius continued to include allusions to pagan deities and standard classical figures and allusions continued to ...
He visited Mount Athos, then the Monastery of Phaneromenis, then Salamina and finally the island of Hydra but in 1919, he was invited to stay at the island of Aegina, by St. Nektarios, to serve as a priest at the Convent of the Holy Trinity, and stayed for six years at this convent (from 1919 until 1925). There he taught the nuns the holy art ...
Church gain attention in 2012 when local believer claimed apparation of Nectarios of Aegina in her dream. In 2013 special place in church with saint's icon was built, and pilgrimage to Aegina was organized. [1] In 2015 Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja initiated building of smaller church dedicated to Nectarios of Aegina. [1]
Here, Aegina gave birth to Aeacus, who would later become king of Oenone; thenceforth, the island's name was Aegina. Aegina was the gathering place of Myrmidons; in Aegina they gathered and trained. Zeus needed an elite army and at first thought that Aegina, which at the time did not have any villagers, was a good place.