St. Nectarios of Aegina

Yesterday was the Feast Day for St. Nectarios, a wonderful saint of the 20th century. He was one of that astonishing group of modern day saints with which Greece was blessed over the last century. I can think of a half dozen or so, and my memory is famously deficient. I love all of them, at least in part because it is proof that even in our times God sends grace upon the world, and reminds us just how much he loves us, and loves the Orthodox faith.

In any event, we served a moleban to St. Nectarios, both to commemorate the day and because…well, because a moleban to St. Nectarios is never a bad idea. Afterwards, I talked a little bit about the saint, and about the beautiful monastery on Aegina island that he called home.

Today I was fortunate enough to find a few photos:

St. Nectarios

The saint’s cell

The tomb of St. Nectarios

The new church being built in honor of the saint on Aegina.

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