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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]
The Bishops of the West opposed the election result and asked for a common synod of East and West to settle the succession and so the Emperor Theodosius I, soon after the close of the first council, summoned the Imperial Bishops to a fresh synod at Constantinople; nearly all of the same bishops who had attended the earlier second council were assembled again in early summer of 382.
St Savvas was the clergyman who conducted the funeral service for Saint Nektarios, and was also the one who painted the first icon of the saint. One day St. Savvas asked the abbess not to let anyone disturb him for forty days, during which he remained confined to his cell in which the nuns could hear constant conversation (between the living ...
1905 Death of Apostolos Makrakis; [108] death of Elder Pachomios of Chios, founder of the Skete of the Holy Fathers in Chios (Cloister of Aghion Pateron), as well as the spiritual guide of St. Nektarios of Pentapolis (†1920) and St. Anthimos (Vagianos) of Chios (†1960), and an opponent of syncretistic ecumenism. [109] [note 38] Ethnomartyr ...
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.
Two days after the artist born Anthony Leonard Platt died at age 43, as confirmed by his wife Sherkita Long-Platt via a Facebook announcement, his spouse has since shared his cause of death with TMZ.
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]