Prayer for cancer to Saint Nectarius of Aegina
Miraculous words: a prayer for cancer to Saint Nectarius of Aegina in full description from all the sources we found.
Silivria branch and Aegina guardian, in the last year of his appearance, the virtues of our sincere friend, Nectarius, we honor the faithfulness, as the divine servant of Christ: for the many different goals are sharpened by those who piously cry out: glory to Christ who glorified you, glory to Him who gave grace to you miracles, glory to Him who works healing for you all.
Divine thunder, spiritual trumpet, faith-planter and cutter of heresies, saint of the Trinity, great saint Nektarios, standing with the angels everlastingly, pray unceasingly for all of us.
Oh, Saint Nektarios, God-wise Father! Receive, guardian of the Orthodox faith, the confession from the lips of people named after Christ, gathered today in the temple by the grace of God living in you. The news has reached the Russian borders, as you, the great servant of Christ in the saints, appear to those who call on your name in all corners of the universe and grant healing from cancer.
We have heard about the priest, your namesake, who built a temple in your name, with great sorrow. I was stricken with a cancerous chest ulcer, bleeding every day, and I suffered fiercely; but you do not abandon your holy work.
Suddenly you, O most merciful Saint, descended from heaven and appeared to him in the temple in a visible form. He, the unseeing thy brother, was alone from mortals, asking for your prayers and saying: “I am a great one, otherwise I want to restore the holy altar, so that once again I will perform the holy liturgy together with the parishioners; I am ready to die for the last time; death does not frighten me.”
You, father, are incorporeal, your face is wet with tears! and the volume of the sufferer, kissing and saying: “Do not grieve, my child, as if you have been tested by illness, you will be healthy. Everyone knows about this miracle.” He, having been healed, was in his mind, with whom you were talking, invisible to you.
Oh, great servant of Christ Nectarius! This temple is now complete and your miracles are like an overflowing sea, multiplying! We know that the prayer of the righteous must be hastened by our zeal for the service of God and I resolve to die for Christ, so that we may find health.
Your sick child prays to you, righteous father: may God’s will be done to us, good, pleasing and perfect, not wanting the sinner to die, but to turn and live for him.
You, the herald of God’s will, heal us with your grace-filled appearance, may God be great in heaven and on earth forever and ever! Amen.
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Prayers for cancer
With such a terrible illness as cancer, ask for help through prayers:
- The Most Holy Theotokos in honor of Her icon “Quick to Hear”
- The Most Holy Theotokos in honor of Her icon “The All-Tsarina” (“Panganassa”)
- Saint Nektarios of Aegina
Prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos in honor of Her icon “The Tsaritsa” (“Pantanassa”)
“Oh Most Pure Mother of God, All-Tsarina! Hear our much-painful sighing before Your miraculous icon, brought from the inheritance of Athos to Russia, look upon Your children, those suffering from incurable ailments, who fall to Your holy image with faith!
Just as a winged bird covers its chicks, so You, now and ever-living being, have covered us with Your multi-healing omophorion. There, where hope disappears, awaken with undoubted Hope. There, where fierce sorrows prevail, Appearing with Patience and Weakness.
There, where the darkness of despair has settled in the souls, let the ineffable light of the Divine shine! Comfort the faint-hearted, strengthen the weak, grant softening and enlightenment to hardened hearts.
Heal Your sick people, O All-Merciful Queen! Bless the minds and hands of those who heal us, may they serve as an instrument of the Almighty Physician Christ our Savior.
As if You are alive and present with us, we pray before Your icon, O Lady! Extend Your hand, full of healing and medicine, Joy to the sorrowful, Consolation to the sorrowful! Yes, having soon received miraculous help, we glorify the Life-Giving and Indivisible Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen".
Prayer to Saint Nektarios of Aegina
I have heard that the priest has your namesake and built a temple in your name, with great sorrow. A cancerous chest ulcer is stricken with blood flowing every day, and you suffer fiercely; do not abandon your holy work.
Suddenly you, O most merciful saint, descended from heaven and appeared to him in the temple in a visible form.
He, the unseeing thy brother, is alone from mortals, asking for your prayers and saying: “I am sick, I am great, otherwise I want to restore the holy altar, so that once again I will perform the holy liturgy together with the parishioners; I am ready to die afterwards; death does not frighten me.”
You, father, are incorporeal, your face is wet with tears! and the volume of the sufferer, kissing and saying: “Do not grieve, my child, as if you have been tested by illness, you will be healthy. Everyone knows about this miracle.” He, having been healed, was, in your mind, with whom you were talking, invisible to you.
Oh, great servant of Christ Nectarius! This temple is now complete and your miracles are like an overflowing sea, multiplying! We know that the prayer of the righteous should be hastened by our zeal for the service of God and I resolve to die for Christ, so that we may find health.
Your sick child prays to you, righteous father: may God’s will be done to us, good, pleasing and perfect, not wanting the sinner to die, but to turn and live for him.
You, the herald of God’s will, heal us with your grace-filled appearance, may God be great in heaven and on earth forever and ever! Amen".
Saint Nektarios of Aegina
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Nectarius of Aegina – helper for those suffering from cancer
Saint Nektarios, Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Aegina Wonderworker. 2013. Fragment. Artist Andrey Mironov. Image from wikimedia.org The veneration of St. Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920) in the Churches of the East (Constantinople, Greece, Jerusalem) is comparable to the veneration in Russia of St. Seraphim of Sarov.
Having himself died from a painful form of cancer, the saint is especially known for helping cancer patients.
In Russia, in the Children's Oncology Center on Kashirskoe Highway, there is a chapel in which there is a miraculous icon of St. Nektarios, consecrated on his relics. In front of her, sick children and their parents pray to the saint for healing. The icon is decorated with crosses, chains, and medallions - in gratitude for many healings.
Why does the Lord hear the prayers of Saint Nektarios? Because St. Nectarius heard the call of the Lord all his life and always answered it.
As a child, Saint Nektarios had the nickname Simpleton. To help his parents, he decided to get a job at a factory that needed workers. But there weren't even boots to walk with. Then the boy wrote a letter to the One on whom he was accustomed to rely: “My Christ, I have no apron, no shoes. I ask You to send them to me, You know how much I love You.”
The boy asked to send a letter to a neighbor merchant. He read the address on the envelope: “To the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven,” could not resist, and opened the envelope.
Amazed by the child’s faith, a neighbor, in the name of Christ, sent money to the one who would soon be called a saint.
In his life, Saint Nektarios (his name means immortal) was a tobacco factory worker, a school teacher, a monk, a priest, a bishop, and a theologian. Survived slander, expulsion, disgrace.
His desire for independence was called rebellious, his independence was declared pride, and his humility was seen as hypocrisy.
But St. Nectarius did not complain or try to defend himself. “A good conscience is the greatest of all blessings. “She is the price of peace of mind,” he said.
At the shrine with the relics of St. Nektarios. Photo from agiatriadapatron.blogspot.com
When the saint was in charge of the theological school in Athens, an employee who was doing cleaning fell ill. He was very worried that he would be fired from work for missing work. Returning from illness, he discovered that someone had been cleaning the premises all this time. He decided to find out who this benefactor was. Arriving at school early in the morning, he was amazed to see his “deputy”: it was the school director, Metropolitan Nektarios of Pentapolis.
While cleaning the restroom, the bishop said: “While you are sick, I will work for you. Just don’t talk about it at school.”
At the end of his life, when the saint lived in Aegina, in the monastery he founded in the name of the Holy Trinity, an 18-year-old girl came to him, having run away from her oppressive mother. Saint Nektarios accepted her into the monastery. Then the mother filed a complaint against the saint, accusing him of seducing girls and killing the babies they allegedly gave birth to.
The investigator, who arrived at the monastery, called the saint a centaur and pulled the metropolitan by the beard, and he humbly answered his questions and himself prepared food for the offender, forbidding the nuns to cry and murmur.
The girl was examined by a doctor and confirmed her cleanliness; There were no “killed” babies.
After this, the girl’s mother went crazy, and the investigator became seriously ill and came to ask the saint for forgiveness.
Before his death, the saint himself suffered from a severe form of cancer for a long time and hid his illness. When it became impossible to hide the torment, St. Nektarios was sent to the Athens hospital. But I had to pay for the treatment, but there was no money. Looking at the small old man dressed in a simple cassock, who was suffering from pain, the attendant asked: “Is he a monk?” “He is a bishop,” answered the sister accompanying the bishop.
“For the first time I see a bishop without a panagia, a golden cross, and most importantly, without money,” the employee noted.
The saint was placed in a third-rate ward for the dying. He spent another two months in agony. And on the day of the Archangel Michael and all the Heavenly Powers (November 21), God called him to Himself.
Miracles began to happen already in the hospital. A paralyzed man lay in the room with the saint, and when St. Nectarius died; before his body was washed, his shirt was taken off and placed on the paralyzed man lying next to him. He immediately stood up, healed.
Immediately after his death, the saint’s body began to flow myrrh. When the coffin was brought to Aegina, the whole island came out to see off their saint. The people carrying his coffin noticed that their clothes and hands were fragrant.
Just forty-one years later, Metropolitan Nektarios was canonized by the Greek Church.
Monastery of St. Nektarios, where the saint spent the last years of his life and where his relics are kept. Aegina Island. Photo from trip2athens.com
Today in Greece they say: “There is nothing incurable for Saint Nektarios.” In Russia, the memory of St. Nektarios of Aegina is celebrated on November 22.
Akathist to Saint Nektarios, Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Wonderworker of Aegina
Let us sing the newly bright star of Orthodoxy and the newly created fence of the Church with the joy of our hearts of the God-wise Nektarios. Glorified for the action of the Spirit, healings sharpen the unenviable grace of those crying out: Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Ikos 1
You appeared in the world as an unwise man, Nektarios, the saint of Christ: having corrected your holy life immaculately, you were called holy and acceptable to God in everything; For this reason, hear from us: Rejoice, you who have loved God from your youth; Rejoice, in a deplorable vale you have established a bright ascent. Rejoice, golden vessel of wisdom; Rejoice, unchallenged preacher of grace.
Rejoice, home of the most holy acts of the Divine; Rejoice, God-sculpted book of the new life. Rejoice, for today you were jealous of the saints; Rejoice, for you filled the angels with joy. Rejoice, wonderful kindness of the venerable fathers; Rejoice, good adornment of the hierarchs of Christ. Rejoice, for the Church of Christ rejoices; Rejoice, for the island of Aegina rejoices.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 2
With a spiritual gaze, while still a young man, you saw the Divine grace, which was embraced in your soul, the light of the commandments of the Lord, reverend, you chose to follow from your youth, singing to Christ: Alleluia.
Ikos 2
Having flown to the city of Constantine, Nektarios, we are guided by the Divine fear, learning the best from it. Moreover, you were filled with Divine understanding, rejoicing in your teachings crying out like this: Rejoice, well-adorned chamber of the Sun of thought; Rejoice, venerable tree of the verbal paradise.
Rejoice, God-pleasing servant of Christ the Savior; Rejoice, one like the ancient father. Rejoice, new-cut stone of the wise creation; Rejoice, newly woven crown of the Holy Church. Rejoice, our unshameful hope; Rejoice, our bright hope. Rejoice, for you who were bodiless in the body; Rejoice, you who were enlightened in the soul with the gift of God’s wisdom.
Rejoice, treasure of heavenly images; Rejoice, illumination of angelic virtues.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 3
Having desired the glorious Divine wisdom in every possible way and having sought it from childhood, praying to Christ with warm tears to satisfy his reddest desire and, having achieved it, truly cried out: Alleluia.
Ikos 3
Thou didst gladden thy soul, as did Fathers Basil and Gregory of old, by the acquisition of sciences, studying in Athens, Nektarios; We also cry out to you, enjoying your grace-filled gifts: Rejoice, faithful child of obedience; Rejoice, solid foundation of piety. Rejoice, thou who surpassest the vanity of the world; Rejoice, you who have joined the false world.
Rejoice, God-bearing mind, filled with Divine understandings; Rejoice, coal, ignite the Divine Spirit with intelligent fire. Rejoice, the beginning of the bright images of truly seeing; Rejoice, you have offered up the fruits of earthly teaching to the Heavenly God. Rejoice, having fulfilled the love of Christ through your life; Rejoice, having imagined the flowering of virtues in spirit.
Rejoice, newly established fence of the faithful; Rejoice, deadly defeat of enemies.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 4
Filled with zeal for our Lord God, blessed Nektarios, lusting after the venerable Fathers of the life of the angels, on Chios piously clothed himself in the monastic image of heaven and cast down the enemy in the everlasting song of the Lord: Alleluia.
Ikos 4
Hearing your prayer, the Lord of heaven and earth, when you cried out to Him from your heart, and commanded the sea, and the sea turmoil turned into silence, reverent one: marveling at all salvation, I cried out faithfully: Rejoice, inexhaustible source of miracles; Rejoice, ever-flowing river of healing. Rejoice, enlightenment of spiritual light; Rejoice, Divine grace, transparent radiance.
Rejoice, rich vessel of heavenly gifts; Rejoice, newly planted garden of heavenly virtues. Rejoice, for you calm the turmoil of the sea; Rejoice, for with the word of love you expose all evil. Rejoice, new chosen one of Christ; Rejoice, zealous herald of grace. Rejoice, having gained knowledge of the Spirit of Truth; Rejoice, filled with streams of the Source of Life.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 5
You appeared wondrously in the last days, to the saint of Christ, Father Nektarios, in your righteous life, most clearly depicting your morals in the life of the ancient God-bearing saints, and, glorified by miracles, you saved from adversity all who cried out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 5
By the choice of God, the God-wise Hierarch truly appeared in Egypt and the Divine Shepherd appeared to Pentapolis, like Paul the Great; Likewise, I marveled at your faithful people, crying out: Rejoice, you who fought firmly for the laws of your fathers; Rejoice, having established your feet on the stones of the commandments of the Lord. Rejoice, you who proclaimed the true teaching in Egypt; Rejoice, you have saved your flock from mental Egypt. Rejoice, treasure chamber of meekness and love; Rejoice, enlightenment of reason and wisdom. Rejoice, for you have appeared to the Church as an earthly adornment; Rejoice, for you have shown a good statement to the faithful. Rejoice, rule of a fair life; Rejoice, image of piety and wisdom. Rejoice, hierarch, exalting the Orthodox faith; Rejoice, having exposed evil with your writings.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 6
Decoration of Christ You appeared to the Church in Egypt, Nektarios, as a true worker of the Gospel; For this reason, having acquired the Divine leader, Father, the faithful have learned from the best, crying out to the Lord with you: Alleluia.
Ikos 6
Having risen like another Apostle in the country of Hellenstein, you illuminate the pious hearts with the radiance of Divine teachings and the light of your life, reverend; In the same way, by your light-guided light we truly cry out: Rejoice, glorifying the mystery of the Trinitarian Divinity; Rejoice, thou who hast acquired apostolic zeal. Rejoice, you who revealed the power of God in weakness; Rejoice, you who showed the grace of healing.
Rejoice, thou who sprang forth the divinely spoken verbs of life; Rejoice, wise driver of the words of Grace. Rejoice, for you purify your spiritual dispositions; Rejoice, for you have conformed to the vision of your heart. Rejoice, great teacher who is faithful; Rejoice, more mysterious than Christ. Rejoice, master of secrecy in the Heavenly Abode; Rejoice, you who have acquired enriching poverty in the world.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 7
Great in all the hierarchs and wise teachers, as the secret place of humility, you appeared, Nektarios: you left your God-wise writings to the Church, holy, faithfully enjoying the image, crying out to God who glorified you: Alleluia.
Ikos 7
You gave us the nectar of righteousness and grace of God, the dew, the miraculous saint Nectarios, like a spiritual cloud during times of rainlessness, cheering our souls and striving to cry out to you: Rejoice, dew of consolation; Rejoice, breath of incorruption. Rejoice, you who pour out water of grace upon us; Rejoice, you who open streams of healing.
Rejoice, spring of holiness in spiritual winter; Rejoice, newly enlightened radiance in this darkness. Rejoice, enriched with the gift of miracles; Rejoice, overshadowed by the spirit of reasoning. Rejoice, all-praised healer of ailments; Rejoice, teacher in abundance in grace. Rejoice, you kindle demons like flames; Rejoice, freest of soul-destroying passions.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 8
Strange miracles, father, the cancer of your relics exudes and saves even in the labors of those who end their lives: for this reason people flock to your holy monastery from everywhere, receiving many different healings and deliverances from you and crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 8
An undisturbed refuge, blessed one, on the island of Eginstem you showed your Divine abode, in which you became a wise nurturer of honest nuns, O this venerable Christ, wisely instructing, crying out: Rejoice, praise of virginity; Rejoice, image of monastic life. Rejoice, adorned bunch of humility; Rejoice, long-suffering treasure of the Divine.
Rejoice, overshadowing of sacred silence; Rejoice, blessing of spiritual sobriety. Rejoice, pure sanctuary of abstinence; Rejoice, animated image of God-likeness. Rejoice, holy radiance of chastity; Rejoice, God-chosen statue of purity. Rejoice, having watered your soul with tears of repentance; Rejoice, having renewed your spiritual vision with those streams.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 9
Filled with the grace of the Divine and the smell of the heavenly cancer of your relics, Nektarios, servant of Christ: not only is your monastery, but the whole island of Aegina rejoices, and everyone is sanctified by this grace, crying out to God: Alleluia.
Ikos 9
Divine streams emanate your multi-healing powers, miraculous saint Nektarios, with the rich gift of heavenly healing they give to many and the ailments and filth are washed away: also, marveling at your glory, what you have gained, we earnestly cry out: Rejoice, unchallenged preacher of grace; Rejoice, unhypocritical proclaimer of the truth. Rejoice, quick helper in troubles; Rejoice, great consolation in adversity.
Rejoice, multi-flowing source of the Father’s mercy; Rejoice, sweetest bunch of spiritual joy. Rejoice, for you have stopped the torment of cancer; Rejoice, for you destroy demonic insolence. Rejoice, confusion of the vain sages; Rejoice, unbreakable unity of the faithful. Rejoice, shield of faith, with which faith is protected; Rejoice, broadcaster of the truth, to whom the bullies turn.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 10
Every faithful person calls your protection and intercessor, receiving help from you: who, having called you with faith, has not received your grace, Father? You will soon give everyone what they ask for, always call: Alleluia.
Ikos 10
Many of your miracles have been broadcast to all ends, God-bearing and all-blessed Nectarius, for you hasten to the aid of those near and far, holy one, and save those in need, and intercede for those crying out: Rejoice, wonderfully great and glorious worker of miracles; Rejoice, give to everyone what is needed for salvation.
Rejoice, thou of thy ancient fulfillment in our days; Rejoice, prophetically predicted, now shown. Rejoice, triumph of true faith; Rejoice, saving refuge for Christians. Rejoice, for you show the glory of truth; Rejoice, for you stop the lips of iniquity. Rejoice, joy of the faithful and affirmation; Rejoice, troubled souls with joy and strength.
Rejoice, in whom Christ was glorified; Rejoice, put Satan to shame.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 11
We sing a song of gratitude to you, blessed Nektarios, servant of Christ, saved by your intercession, in every need you free us from the sorrows that have found you: we also preach your intercession, singing to Christ: Alleluia.
Ikos 11
You scorch the demonic fierce fury with the fire of your sacred miracles, miracle worker Nektarios, and quickly helping the faithful, quench the heat of serious illnesses, healing the afflicted who cry out to you in tenderness: Rejoice, abyss of inexhaustible bounties; Rejoice, sea of unimaginable miracles. Rejoice, healing of the sick; Rejoice, speedy correction for the weakened.
Rejoice, foundation of those captive by despondency; Rejoice, refuge for the desperate. Rejoice, rise of the fallen and admonition; Rejoice, guidance to those who go astray. Rejoice, fountain of gratitude; Rejoice, lamp, enlighten the darkened. Rejoice, God-given power of piety; Rejoice, comforter of all who come to you.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 12
The grace of the Comforter poured out richly from the reliquary of your venerable relics: for your holy tomb, Nectarios, is like an ever-flowing spring, constantly flowing with healing and watering with Divine streams of grace all who cry out to the Lord: Alleluia.
Ikos 12
Singing the Trisagion of God from the faces of the angels, Nektarios, look down upon us and grant, O all-holy, all that is needed by faith to those who flow to you and never cease to cry: Rejoice, blessed branch of Silivria; Rejoice, O Aegina known for praise. Rejoice, great adornment of Greece; Rejoice, miracle worker, glorified throughout the world.
Rejoice, in the image of honest hierarchs; Rejoice, protection and salvation of the monastics. Rejoice, new light has shone for the Church; Rejoice, unshakable affirmation of Orthodoxy. Rejoice, let us also receive purification from the passions; Rejoice, we will improve our ascent to God. Rejoice, may the light of the Lord shine in our hearts; Rejoice, I also intercede for me to the Creator.
Rejoice, Nektarios, miracle worker of Aegina.
Kontakion 13
O Divine Father, true hope of Orthodox Christians, Nektarios, Saint of Christ, standing before the throne of the Lord now, ask us from Christ God for forgiveness of sins and all-merciful condescension, so that we may cry out to Him in all honor: Alleluia.
This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1st and kontakion 1st
Prayer to Saint Nektarios
O God-wise and all-holy Father Nektarios, Saint of Christ, great and glorious miracle worker. We now resort to you with faith and love, honoring you, offering this praise with all our hearts and thoughts.
You, servant of God, have now appeared like the morning star, illuminating the darkened ends of this world with the light of Christ’s grace, and you have truly acquired through your humble life and meek morals, incorruptible and worldly promises. For this reason, we, unworthy, diligently pray to you: Holy Father Nectarios, do not forget us, who diligently flow to you.
This light now, enlighten our souls, darkened by passions, illuminate our minds and renew our thoughts so that we can learn in the Divine and sacred way and not worry about vain things.
Confirm us, Reverend Father, in faith, hope and love for the Lord our God, heal mental and physical illnesses, give us protection and refuge in sorrows and misfortunes, admonition and correction in sins, always bestowing unenvious grace, for let us glorify the One True God , wondrous in His saints, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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Oil of Saint Nektarios
In 2021, the Lord visited me with a serious illness. Among the holy saints of God, to whom I prayed and pray for healing from illness every day, was St. Nektarios the Wonderworker of Aegina. During his lifetime, Saint Nektarios became famous for his miraculous healings, and after his blessed death it was impossible to count the benefits that the Lord bestowed through his prayers. The saint especially became famous for his miraculous healings of cancer. In a word, prayers to Saint Nektarios have firmly entered my life and the life of our entire family.
One day, my wife and I decided to create a spiritual program that would contribute to my healing. We prayed. We sat down at the table, took a sheet of paper and began to write: which saint should we order a prayer service for, where should we go to worship, which monastery should we visit... This is what our family usually does during difficult life circumstances. The list included a trip to the relics of the blessed Matronushka of Moscow, and prayers at the icon of the Mother of God “All-Tsarina”, and... a call to Greece on the island of Aegina, to the Holy Trinity Monastery, where the relics of St. Nektarios rest.
Some time passed. With God’s help, we accomplished some things, but not others. And the list itself, unfortunately, got lost somewhere... And then one day, this list, out of nowhere, was found by itself. And the first thing that caught my eye was a call to Greece. We just didn't do it.
My wife has a wonderful ability to immediately correct the situation and resolve the situation. I remember even scolding her for the fact that she sat down at the computer in search of the necessary contacts at the wrong time, as it seemed to me. On the contrary, the time turned out to be just right. Contacts have been found. And what kind!
An obvious miracle took place, as we now understand, through the prayers of Saint Nektarios. That's how it was. My wife saw a colorful image of the Trinity Monastery on Aegina on one of the sites, and wrote to the contact information indicated there. She wrote about our desire to order a prayer service at the holy relics, to venerate on our behalf the saint of God, Saint Nektarios. In response to our message, about half an hour later, a message came from a Russian-speaking Greek named Alexis. He was the owner of this travel site. It turned out that our letter arrived at the very moment when he returned from Aegina. He went to the monastery to get oil from the saint’s lamp for a sick person from St. Petersburg, and grabbed another bottle... apparently for me.
“Tomorrow I will send you butter from Athens by parcel,” was Alexis’s answer. It was hard to believe. Tears of joy, excitement, trepidation... My wife and I dropped to our knees. Gratitude to the Lord and his saint filled our souls. The saint heard our prayers... What happiness!
A complete stranger, a stranger who lives thousands of kilometers away from us, will go to the post office tomorrow to send a small, but priceless package for us. Isn't this a miracle?!
Soon Alexis sent another message. He wrote to us that he called the monastery and ordered a magpie for my health and a prayer service at the relics of St. Nektarios. “God bless you, dear Alexis, thank you for such an active participation, for your kind heart!” - that's all we could do to thank this man. And, of course, pray for him from the bottom of my heart.
A week has passed. Every day on the Internet we tracked the progress of the treasured parcel. And the soul was prepared to welcome the distinguished guest. Yes, yes, that's what we thought. We greeted the bottle of lamp oil like the saint himself. After all, this gift is the blessing of Saint Nektarios.
And so the shrine arrived in Moscow. In the evening we read the akathist to the saint and thank him for this good gift. And from early morning we rush to the post office. A small, only 37 grams parcel in our hands. This is the consolation that came to us from distant Greece.
But that's not all. About six months later I visited Aegina and venerated the relics of St. Nektarios. I prayed to the saint of God with all my heart and thanked him for allowing me to visit this holy place. The head and right hand of the saint resides in the monastery. The cell of St. Nektarios has also been preserved, in which the spirit of the saint of God is especially felt. There is also a Russian nun in the monastery. She surrounded me with care and attention. Coming to the monastery, I received from Mother Philothea either a pine cone that was next to the saint’s grave, or lamp oil from the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from the cell of St. Nektarios. Every day I visited the monastery and within a few days I became attached to this holy place.
Saint Nektarios revealed another amazing case. I decided to give myself a birthday present. In an Orthodox bookstore on Sretenka Street in Moscow, a book from the “People of God” series about Saint Nektarios immediately caught my eye. There was no hesitation. This is exactly the book I need. I bought it and went home in a cheerful mood. The first thing I did at home was show the book to my wife. On her face I noticed either confusion or surprise. And this is what happened. At the same time, my wife and daughter were in the bookstore of the parish church in our neighborhood and chose exactly the same book for me as a gift. I held both of these books in my hands and thanked Saint Nektarios.
Holy Hierarch Father Nektarios, pray to God for us!
Saint Nektarios of Aegina. The future saint was born in 1846 near Constantinople. At baptism the boy was named Anastasy. From a very early age he was forced to work. However, there was not enough money for living and studying. One day Anastasius wrote a letter to God. In a letter that breathed with childish love for Christ, he asked the Lord to give him the most necessary things, if it was God’s will. And God's help miraculously came through one wealthy man.
While still a young man, Anastasy moved to one of the Greek islands and got a job as a school teacher. However, his soul was drawn to monasticism, and Anastasius went to a monastery, where he took monastic vows with the name Nektarios.
In 1886, Patriarch Sophrony ordained Nektarios as hieromonk at the Alexandria Savvinsky Monastery. And in 1889, his Episcopal consecration as Bishop of Pentapolis took place with his elevation to the rank of Metropolitan. His high position did not in any way affect the saint’s lifestyle. The enemy of the human race brought persecution and the most disgusting slander against the ruler, as a result of which the saint was sent to rest. He had to leave Egypt. At the same time, Bishop Nektariy did not try to defend himself.
After many trials, he takes the place of preacher in the province of Euboea. Over time, the exiled Metropolitan gains the love and respect of his new flock and, with the support of Queen Olga (granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I), receives the position of director of the theological school in Athens. God's grace begins to clearly manifest itself on the saint: people note his insight and gift of healing. With the blessing of the bishop, the Trinity Monastery for women is founded on the island of Aegina, whose nuns become his spiritual children. The entire life of the new monastery took place under the leadership of Saint Nektarios.
Meanwhile, the years of the saint’s earthly life were coming to an end: he fell ill with cancer and spent two months in severe suffering, constantly thanking the Lord for the illness he had sent. On November 8, 1920, Bishop Nektary departed to the Lord.
The compiler of the life of the saint, Archimandrite Ambrose (Fontrier), writes: “the body of the saint remained in the hospital room for eleven hours and from the very first minutes exuded the fragrant smell of holiness. There was also a bed on which a paralyzed local resident lay. The nuns began to prepare the body for transport to Aegina. They took off the saint's old T-shirt to put on a clean one, and laid it on the bed of the paralyzed man. And immediately the paralyzed man stood up and walked, giving praise to God, who had granted him healing. Thus the Lord revealed the holiness of His servant and glorified him with the first miracles.” The hands and face of the saint of God flowed myrrh abundantly, and the nuns collected myrrh wool.
On April 20, 1961, by the Patriarchal and Synodal Decree of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Metropolitan Nektarios was canonized, and his holy relics were raised.
Dmitry Aleksandrovich Avdeev, doctor, publicist, member of the Writers' Union of Russia
Agni Parfene. Saint Nektarios of Aegina
Everyone, and if not all, then many, know the famous chant praising the Mother of God called Agni Parfene or from the initial words of the chant “Pure Virgin Mary.” But few people know who the author of this chant is - the holy elder Saint Nektarios of Aegina.
On the day of his memory, we publish this wonderful hymn, as well as a short life of the holy elder.
Memorial Day November 22
On October 1, 1846, in the village of Silivria, in eastern Thrace, their fifth child was born to Dimos and Vasilika Kefalas. At baptism, the boy received the name Anastasy. Pious parents raised their children in the love of God: from an early age they taught their children prayer chants and read spiritual literature to them.
Anastasia liked the 50th Psalm most of all; he loved to repeat the words many times: “I will teach the wicked in Your way, and the wicked will turn to You.”
Anastasy dreamed of receiving a Christian education, but after finishing primary school, he was forced to stay in his native village, since the family did not have money to send him to study in the city.
When Anastasius was fourteen years old, he begged the captain of a ship en route to Constantinople to take him with him...
In Constantinople, the young man managed to get a job in a tobacco store. Here Anastasy, true to his dream of spiritually helping his neighbor, began writing sayings of the holy fathers on tobacco pouches and wrappers of tobacco products.
It was impossible to eat well on a meager salary, and buying clothes was out of the question. Anastasius, in order not to fall into despondency, prayed incessantly.
When his clothes and shoes were worn out, he decided to turn to the Lord Jesus Christ himself in Heaven for help...
Having described his plight in a letter, he wrote the following address on the envelope: “To the Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven.” On the way to the post office, he met the owner of a neighboring store, who, taking pity on the barefoot young man, offered to carry his letter.
Anastasy happily handed him his message. The astonished merchant, seeing the unusual address on the envelope, decided to open the letter, and after reading it, he immediately sent money to Anastasia. Soon Anastasius managed to get a job as a caretaker at a school at the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Here he was able to continue his education.
Soon Anastasius received a position as a teacher in the village of Lifi on the island of Chios. For seven years Anastasius not only taught, but also preached “the word of God.” In 1876, Anastassy became a monk of the Neo Moni (New Monastery) monastery.
On November 7, 1876, Anastassy was tonsured a monk with the name Lazar. On January 15, 1877, Metropolitan Gregory of Chios ordained Lazarus to the rank of deacon, with the new name Nektarios. The young deacon still dreamed of studying; in his daily prayers, he asked the Lord to provide him with this opportunity.
By God's providence, one pious rich Christian offered to pay for the travel and education of the young monk Nektarios. From 1882 to 1885, Deacon Nektarios studied at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Athens. After completing his education, on the recommendation of his benefactor, he moved to Alexandria.
St. Nicholas Church in Cairo
On March 23, 1886, Deacon Nektary was ordained a priest. Father Nektary receives an appointment to St. Nicholas Church in Cairo. In the same church, he was soon elevated to the rank of archimandrite, and after some time the Patriarch decided to award him the title of Supreme Archimandrite of the Church of Alexandria.
On January 15, 1889, Supreme Archimandrite Nektarios was ordained bishop and appointed metropolitan of the Pentapolis Metropolis. In those years, Lord Nektariy wrote: “Dignity does not elevate its owner; virtue alone has the power of exaltation.” He still strives to acquire love and humility.
The Vladyka’s virtuous life, his extraordinary kindness and simplicity, aroused not only the love and respect of believers. Influential people of the Patriarchate feared that universal love for the saint would lead him to be among the contenders for the place of His Holiness Patriarch of Alexandria.
Slander
Influential people of the Patriarchate slandered the saint. Out of his deepest humility, the righteous man did not even try to justify himself...
“A good conscience is the greatest of all blessings. “It is the price of spiritual peace and peace of mind,” he said in his sermons, leaving his pulpit forever. The Metropolitan of Pentapolis was dismissed and had to leave Egyptian soil.
Returning to Athens, Lord Nektarios lived in terrible hardships for seven months. He goes to the authorities in vain, he is not accepted anywhere...
It was at this time that Saint Nektarios of Aegina wrote down the prayer: Αγνή Παρθένε Δέσποινα, Άχραντε Θεοτόκε...
It happened like this. One day, when Saint Nektarios of Aegina, exhausted by poverty and shocked by the betrayal and distrust of all his friends and relatives, prayed in contrition, an amazing peace descended on his heart. He seemed to hear harmonious singing. Guessing what was happening, he raised his eyes and saw the Most Holy Theotokos, accompanied by a host of angels singing in a special tune:
Immediately, grief and the memory of betrayal turned into such sweetness that the saint only wanted to thank God for everything that had happened. The Most Holy Theotokos commanded the saint to write down this song so that people would sing it along with the angels... Truly, God’s destinies are amazing!
Subsequently, this prayer became a famous hymn. And the reason for its writing is slander... Truly, isn’t the devil’s slander the greatest benefit to the soul? Is it possible to jump into the sky bypassing it? Monastery of Saint Nektarios, where Saint Nektarios spent the last years of his life and where his remains are kept
The mayor of the city, having learned about the plight in which Vladika Nektarios was, secured for him a position as a preacher in the province of Euboea. The fame of the unusual preacher from the provinces soon reached the capital and the Greek royal palace. Queen Olga, having met the elder, soon became his spiritual daughter.
Thanks to the queen, Vladyka is appointed director of the Theological School - Vladyka himself secretly cleaned the school so that no one would notice the absence of a sick employee...
Monastery on the island of Aegina
In 1904, Bishop Nektarios founded a nunnery on the island of Aegina. With his own funds, he managed to buy a small plot of land on which there was an abandoned, dilapidated monastery.
For some time, Elder Nektarios simultaneously led the school and the monastery, but soon he left the school and moved to the island of Aegina.
The elder’s spiritual children said that Vladyka did not disdain any kind of work: he planted trees, planted flower beds, removed construction waste, and sewed slippers for nuns. He was infinitely merciful, quickly responding to the needs of the poor, often asking the nuns to give the last food to poor visitors. Through his prayers, the very next day food or monetary donations were brought to the monastery...
Aegina
He spent the last twelve years of his life on this island... The elder’s spiritual children said that thanks to the prayers of Elder Nektarios, not only the situation on the island changed for the better (the robbery and robberies stopped), but also the climate changed. The peasants more than once turned to the elder for prayerful help during a drought: through the prayer of Lord Nektarios, blessed rain descended on the earth.
In September 1920, the seventy-year-old man was taken to a hospital in Athens. Vladyka was assigned to a ward for poor terminally ill people.
For two months, doctors tried to alleviate the suffering of a seriously ill old man (he was diagnosed with acute inflammation of the prostate gland). Vladyka bravely endured the pain.
Evidence from medical workers has been preserved that the bandages with which the old man was bandaged exuded an extraordinary aroma.
On November 8, 1920, the Lord called to Himself the soul of Lord Nektarios. When they began to change the body of the deceased, his shirt was accidentally placed on the bed of a paralyzed patient lying next to him, who immediately stood up healed...
Akathist to Saint Nektarios, Wonderworker of Aegina
The glory of Orthodoxy is the holy saints of God, like new stars flashing in the horizon of the Church of Christ. Rus' has shone in recent times with thousands of new martyrs and confessors, and more and more our believers know the names of these righteous men of God who stood for the Truth.
However, we must not forget that we believe in the Universal Church, that in Christ there are no national differences, and that saints appear in other countries.
Glorifying the Marvelous God in His saints, I would like to tell about the holy saint who shone in Greece and recently became famous in our Fatherland. This is Saint Nektarios, Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Wonderworker of Aegina.
Saint Nektarios of Aegina, a saint glorified by the Greek Church, lived at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Several of his biographies have been published in Russia, but he cannot be called widely known. In Greece he is revered everywhere as a renowned miracle worker. Many temples and chapels are dedicated to him.
Through the prayers of the saint, people receive help and healing, and he especially helps those suffering from cancer.
Rejoice, young eagle who has mental prayers!
The future saint was born into a family of pious parents in 1846 in Selivria of Thracia, not far from Constantinople, and was named Anastasius at Epiphany.
As a true chosen one of God, from childhood the boy fell in love with the temple, the Holy Scriptures, and learned to pray. The poverty of his parents did not allow him to study at home, and at the age of 14 he left for Constantinople to go to work and pay for his studies.
Life in a big city was not easy. The boy got a job at a tobacco factory, but there was not enough money, and one day, in despair, realizing that there was no one to expect help from, Anastasy decided to turn to the One whom he loved so much and on Whose help he relied all his life. He wrote a letter to the Lord: “My Christ, I have no apron, no shoes. I ask You to send them to me, You know how much I love You.”
On the envelope he wrote the address: “To the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven” and asked to take the letter to the post office of his neighbor merchant. He, surprised by the unusual signature on the envelope, opened the letter and, seeing such a request and the power of faith, sent the boy money in the name of God. So providentially the Lord did not abandon his chosen one.
Years passed, but the young lad was not touched by the temptations of the big city. As before, he devoted all his free time to prayer and the study of the holy fathers. His dream was to preach the word of God. One incident from this time is remarkable. One day the future saint went home for a holiday.
The ship he was sailing on was caught in a storm. All the passengers began to murmur against God in horror. Anastasy, grabbing the sagging sails, cried out with all his heart: “My God, save me. I will teach theology to silence those who blaspheme Your Holy Name.” Suddenly the storm stopped and the ship reached the shore safely.
Rejoice, valiant warrior of Jesus Christ...
At the age of 22, Anastasy moved to the island. Chios and began working as a school teacher, here he not only teaches, but also preaches. Morality in the village and school was at its lowest level at the beginning of his teaching and gradually rose to the proper level thanks to the works of Anastasia the teacher.
His influence on his students was such that they, and through them all adults, soon developed love and deep respect for him. He created a wonderful choir from his students and sang with them in a rural church, but his soul was drawn to monasticism. Anastasius visited Athos and talked with the elders, and eventually went to a monastery, where he was tonsured and ordained as a deacon with the name Nektarios, which is now known in many countries.
With all his heart disposed towards monastic life, the young man often visits the Neo Moni monastery. In it, he was tonsured into monasticism with the name Lazarus, and after three years spent there, he was awarded tonsure into the mantle and ordination as a deacon with the new name Nektarios.
Nectary means immortal. This name could not have been more suitable for him, for truly the Nectar of Life flowed in his soul and from himself, like a stream, flowed a fragrant stream, filling everyone and everything with joy.
Having the opportunity to continue his education, Nektarios graduated from the Faculty of Theology in Athens, and at the same time the Patriarch of Alexandria Sophronius brought him closer to him.
At the age of forty, the patriarch ordains Nektarios as a priest. With zeal and selflessness, he accepted his new obedience and appointment to the St. Nicholas Church in Cairo.
A few years later in this temple he was consecrated Bishop of Pentapolis. Episcopal dignity did not change Nektarios’ lifestyle and behavior in any way. He continued to strive only to acquire humility. “Dignity does not elevate its owner; virtue alone has the power of exaltation,” he wrote during these years.
In one of his letters from that time, the saint talks about a remarkable dream in which St. Nicholas the Wonderworker appeared to him. It should be added that Nektarios was at that time restoring a temple in Cairo in honor of this great saint. In a dream, Nektary saw the tomb of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, and in it the Pleasant of God himself was alive, as if sleeping.
Then Nicholas the Wonderworker rose from the shrine and, smiling tenderly, asked Nektarios to decorate his throne in the temple with gold, and then hugged him and kissed him. This kiss by the great bishop Nicholas apparently had the meaning of special favor towards Saint Nektarios and, perhaps, symbolized the continuity of the gift and the kinship of souls in Christ.
Rejoice, persecuted for the sake of righteousness...
The rapid rise, the love of the patriarch and the people, and the even more virtuous and pure life of the saint aroused envy and hatred in many. As the saint himself said about this: “A virtuous person is subject to temptations and trials in this world,” but in the depths of his heart he rejoices, because his conscience is calm. The world hates and despises virtuous people, at the same time, however, envying them, for our ancestors said: the enemy himself also admires virtue.
To what has been said, we can add that he is not only delighted, but also takes revenge. Influential people of the patriarchal court feared that universal love for the saint would lead him to be among the contenders for the place of His Holiness Patriarch of Alexandria, since Sophronius was already in old age. They slandered the saint, accusing him not only of encroaching on the patriarchate, but also of immoral life.
The Metropolitan of Pentapolis was dismissed and had to leave Egyptian soil. He didn't try to make excuses or defend himself. “A good conscience is the greatest of all blessings. “It is the price of spiritual peace and peace of heart,” the saint said in his sermons, leaving his pulpit forever. A hostile mood followed him like a shadow in Athens, where he moved.
He went through the authorities in vain; they didn’t want to accept him anywhere. By the grace of God, the bishop, eking out a miserable existence, was deprived not only of consolation, but sometimes even of his daily bread. But the Lord rewarded him for his patience.
One day, having once again accepted a refusal from the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the saint descended the ministerial stairs with tears in his eyes. Seeing him in this state, the mayor of the city spoke to him. Having learned about the plight in which Nectarius was, the mayor secured a position as a preacher for him. The glorious Metropolitan of Pentapolis took the place of a simple preacher in the province of Euboea, but even here he was met with hostility, believing slanderous rumors.
Every Sunday, Bishop Nektary rose to the pulpit to preach the Word of God, for consolation and admonition, encountering distrust and silent condemnation of those listening. Desperate to reach their hearts, he decided: “This is the last time I will rise to preach, and if they do not hear me, I will leave.” And again, out of His love, the Lord performed a miracle. In one week, the news spread around the city that what the townspeople had previously believed about the saint was false. The following Sunday, his sermon was received with enthusiasm.
The love of the people accompanied Nectarius. But until the end of his life he had to bear the cross of exile and the name of a disgraced metropolitan who did not belong to any autocephalous Church. For some time he had hope of changing this situation when the throne in Alexandria was taken by the new Patriarch Photius.
The saint addressed him with a letter about reconsidering the matter and recognizing his bishopric. But hopes were in vain. The new patriarch did not even respond to his request. Until the end of his days, the Metropolitan of Pentapolis was forced to be in an incomprehensible canonical position, signing all his papers “traveling bishop.”
Rejoice, for you have become a captive of the love of God. Rejoice, for you have captivated your children with love...
Gradually, the darkness of slander receded from the name of the disgraced saint. People, seeing his pure and virtuous life, listening to his inspired sermons, strove for him. The glory of the Pentapolis Metropolitan from the provinces soon reached the capital and the Greek royal palace. Queen Olga, having met him, soon became his spiritual daughter.
Thanks to her, he is appointed director of the Risari Theological School in Athens. It trained clergy and secular church personnel. During the reign of the saint, the school experienced years of growth. Nektary treated his charges with inexhaustible love and patience. There are known cases when he imposed strict fasting on himself for the misconduct of his disciples.
By this time, his spiritual children began to gather around Nektarios, many went to him for advice and blessing.
Then the gifts of God's grace begin to manifest themselves in the elder saint: insight, the gift of healing. When he served the Divine Liturgy, being in a state of prayer, his face emitted a light that was visible to those around him. But as before, his main adornment was true humility.
When another bishop came to the school church to concelebrate with him, he never took the main place, even if it belonged to him by right of seniority. He always stood to the right of the throne, dressed only in a small omophorion, and instead of a miter he wore a black monastic hood.
One day, a school employee who was doing cleaning fell ill and was very worried that he would be fired from his job. A few weeks later, he returned to find that someone had been doing his job all along. Very surprised, he decided to find out who this merciful benefactor was. Arriving at school early in the morning, he was amazed to see his “deputy.” This was Metropolitan of Pentapolis, director of the theological school, Bishop Nektariy.
After finishing sweeping the restroom, he said, “Don’t be surprised, I’m not going to take your place, I just want to help you keep this job. While you are sick, I will work for you. Just don’t talk about it at school.”
Rejoice, innocent shepherd of innocent sheep, Rejoice, wise collector of virgin pearls!
Among the numerous spiritual children, several girls gathered near the bishop who wanted to devote themselves to the monastic life, but did not dare to go to any monastery, so as not to lose the spiritual guidance of their mentor.
Like a good shepherd, taking care of them, Nektary began to look for a suitable place and stopped his search on Fr. Aegina. Having found the ruins of an ancient monastery here, he buys this land with his own funds. The first nuns come here.
In his monastery, the saint, by revelation of God, introduced the institution of deaconesses, which had long disappeared from the practice of the Orthodox Church. But, we repeat, this was done by him by revelation.
Towards the end of his life, another blow fell on the saint. 18-year-old Maria Kuda came to the monastery after escaping from her oppressive mother-candlemaker. Saint Nektarios accepted her into the monastery. Then the girl’s mother filed a complaint against the saint, accusing him of seducing girls and killing the babies they allegedly gave birth to.
The investigator, who arrived at the monastery, called the saint a centaur and pulled the elder by the beard, and he humbly answered him and himself prepared food for the offender, forbidding the nuns to cry and murmur. The girl was examined by a doctor and confirmed her cleanliness; Of course, the “killed” babies were not found either.
After this, the girl’s mother went crazy, and the investigator became seriously ill and came to ask the saint for forgiveness.
The saint predicted to his novices that their monastery would be rich if they worked hard (what kind of wealth was the saint talking about? Probably, first of all, about the spiritual, although now the monastery is not poor financially either).
One day, while walking with a novice in nature, the Saint asked her: “Do you want to see your Guardian Angel?” The novice, of course, expressed a great desire. “Here he is in front of you,” answered the saint. And then the girl fell unconscious, unable to bear what she saw. The saint later regretted what happened, saying that the girl was not ready yet.
Another time, the sisters of the monastery asked the saint to explain to them how to understand the words “every breath praises the Lord,” and how nature praises the Creator. The saint did not answer anything to this, only the next evening he said to the sisters: “You asked me about how nature glorifies the Lord? Listen for yourself." Through the prayers of the Saint, the sisters heard something that cannot be explained to us.
The entire life of the new monastery took place under the leadership of Saint Nektarios, with whom the sisters maintained constant correspondence. What fatherly love, care and tenderness his letters are filled with. For some time, the saint simultaneously led the school, while staying in Athens, and his newly built monastery, but the Lord decreed that the bishop resign from the school and permanently move to Aegina. He spent the last twelve years of his life with his nuns, raising them for the Heavenly Kingdom. They had to endure many sorrows and temptations, but these were also years of grace.
During this time, the monastery was put in order and the economy was organized. Every day Saint Nektarios taught the sisters lessons on dogmatics, ethics, and asceticism, and in the evenings they gathered around and listened to stories about the inscrutable mysteries of the Kingdom of God. No one noticed how time passed.
“It’s already late,” the saint sometimes said. “Let’s go to the temple to pray.” And after the end of the service he added: “What if you read a few prayers to the Mother of God?” Time continued to run, and the morning rooster crow found the entire community in the temple during prayer.
Rejoice, dead and living, Rejoice, earthly and heavenly!
Meanwhile, the years of the saint’s earthly life were coming to an end.
Feeling this, he prayed that the Lord would extend the time limit for completing all the affairs in the monastery, but as he had done all his life, he humbly added: “Thy Will be done!”
The long-hidden disease has finally taken its toll. Accompanied by two nuns, he was sent to the hospital. Looking at the little old man dressed in a cassock, who was suffering from terrible pain, the employee on duty asked: “Is he a monk?” “No,” answered the nun, “he is a bishop.” “For the first time I see a bishop without a panagia, a golden cross, and most importantly, without money,” the employee noted.
The saint was placed in a third-rate ward for incurable patients. He spent another two months in agony. On the day of the celebration of the Archangel Michael and all the Heavenly Powers, the Lord called to himself the soul of Saint Nektarios.
He didn't stay in the hospital for long; it turned out he had cancer. Miracles also happened in the hospital; the nurses noticed that the bandages with which they tied the saint’s wounds were fragrant. A paralyzed man lay in the room with the saint, and when the saint’s soul left this world, he received complete healing through the shirt of Saint Nektarios.
Immediately after his death, the saint’s body began to flow myrrh. When the coffin was brought to Aegina, the whole island came out to see off their saint with tears. People carried the saint's coffin in their hands and then noticed that the clothes they wore during the saint's funeral were fragrant. The hands and face of the saint of God flowed myrrh abundantly, and the nuns collected myrrh wool.
Saint Nektarios was buried in the crypt of the monastery; the crypt was opened several times for various reasons and each time they were convinced that the body was incorruptible. Even the violets placed in the coffin by the girl were not touched by decay.
The saint's righteous death followed on November 9, Art. Art. 1920. In 1961, the saint's canonization took place, and his holy relics were raised. It turned out that only the bones remained. As the confessors said, the relics decayed so that they could be spread throughout the world for a blessing from Saint Nektarios.
The veneration of the holy saint in the Churches of the East (Constantinople, Greece, Jerusalem, etc.) is comparable to the veneration of St. Seraphim of Sarov in Russia. Unfortunately, the name of this saint has not yet been included in the calendar of our Church, and there is no service for him yet.
There is an akathist to Saint Nektarios in Russian. Until recently, this akathist was served in Moscow, in the Church of All Saints in Krasnoe Selo (rector Archpriest Artemy Vladimirov).
In the same temple there was an icon of the saint, which streamed myrrh, as they said, and several healings occurred. Currently, for some reasons, the akathist is not performed in this church, but icons and an akathist to Saint Nektarios can be purchased there.
The saint became especially famous for his gracious assistance to oncological (cancer) patients suffering from paralysis and other serious illnesses, and possessed by demons. It is also known that Saint Nektarios helps people in financial difficulties.
With the blessing of His Eminence Philaret, Bishop of Penza and Kuznetsk, on the day of remembrance of St. Nektarios, November 22 (9), 2002, a solemn service was held in the Church of the Ascension of the Lord in the village of Staraya Stepanovka, Luninsky district, Penza region, and pilgrims arrived from Penza and the regions of the region.
After the service, a letter was written to His Eminence Juvenal, Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomna, Chairman of the Synodal Commission for the Canonization of Saints, with a request to include the name of St. Nektarios in the calendar of our Russian Church.
In the Church of the Ascension there is an icon of the saint and an akathist is performed with the blessing of the oil. Akathist is performed on Sunday evenings.
Let us also resort to the help of this wondrous saint, thanking the Lord, with the words of the troparion dedicated to St. Nektarios: Glory to Christ who glorified you, glory to him who gave you miracles of grace, glory to him who works for you to heal everyone.
Based on the book of the biography of Archimandrite Ambrose (Fontrier).
Source: https://www.brooklyn-church.org
