www.byzcath.org Forums Faith & Christian Life Prayer St. Nektarios the Wonder Worker

For all those who are suffering from illness (and also, to a lesser degree, for those who suffer from unemployment) this recent saint performs many, many miracles.

St. Nectarios Kephalas the Metropolitan of Pentapolis
Troparion in tone 1

O faithful, let us honor Nectarios the divine servant of Christ,

offspring of Silyvria and guardian of Aegina,

who appeared in these last times as a true friend of virtue,

pouring forth all manner of healing upon those who reverently cry:

Glory to Him who gave you strength!

Glory to Him who granted you a crown!

Glory to Him who through you grants healing to all!
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Kontakion in tone 8 Let us sing praises with gladness of heart

to the newly-shining star of Orthodoxy, the newly-built rampart of the Church.

Being glorified by the power of the Spirit, he pours forth the abundant grace of healings upon those cry:

"Rejoice, Father Nectarios."

OOPS!

I forgot to say that today is his feast day.

Thanks, Alice. I did not have a copy of this, but thanks to you, now I do.

Charles

May the sweet graces flow to us all through the intercession of St. Nectarios!

Amado

St. Nektarios, pray to God for us. The name day for many as well (it seems a popular monastic name especially).

A Brief Life Of Saint NECTARIOS
Metropolitan Of Pentapolis,
Wonderworker Of AEGINA


Nectarios, earthly name was Anastasios, as he was called, was from a very poor family in nineteenth century Selybria, in Thrace. He attempted to board a ship to Constantinople to find work, but he had no money for a ticket. The engines of the ship roared, yet it would not move until young Anastasios was permitted aboard. En route, the sea once raged, but Anastasios dipped his cross, which contained a piece of the True Cross, into the water three times, praying "Silence! Be still." The waters became still, but he lost his cross. As the ship continued, a loud continuous knocking was heard from beneath the ship. When they arrived at their destination, the sailors found the cross stuck to the bottom of the ship, as if the holy Cross of our Lord led the ship...

When he was 29 years of age, he became a monk on the island of Chios. The patriarch sent him to study theology in Athens, and he was ordained Priest Nektarios (when you become a monk your name is changed), and later the Bishop of Pentapolis.

However, owing to jealousy and alleged improprieties, he was removed from office, only to be rejected again in Athens and island of Euboiea. He suffered as a pauper, but he persevered, and his integrity and his wisdom shone through. The people of Euboiea embraced him. He became the Dean of the School of Theology in Athens in 1910 and helped begin a convent and became a spiritual father with healing powers for many throughout Greece.

Ten years later, he was taken from Aegina to a hospital ward in Athens for the poor and incurable. He gave up his spirit there, and they prepared him for burial. His sweater was placed on the nearby bed of a paralytic, who suddenly regained his strength and walked. The room, which has since become a chapel, was filled with a beautiful fragrance for many days after his repose in the Lord our God.

Healings are seen throughout the world to this day by the saint's holy prayers. He is considered the patron saint of those with cancer, heart trouble, arthritis, for those who are seeking a job, and epilepsy.


St. Nectarios lived from 1846 until 1920. On November 9th, (1920) St. Nectarios reposed in the Lord. The Feast day for St. Nectarios is 9 November.

Professor John E. Rexine, of Colgate University wrote the following:


"Widely known among the Orthodox as a great miracle-worker, particularly as a healer of every sort of disease, St. Nectarios was a many-sided personality. He was a prolific writer, theologian, philosopher, moralist, educator, poet, ascetic and mystic."

The above source on the lifeSaint Nectarios is from "THE ORTHODOX CALENDAR," Copyright 1995

HOLY SAINT NECTARIOS,
PRAY, UNTO GOD FOR US!

Thank you so much Alice. Is there a particular prayer that can be said by the sick on St. Nektarios other than an Akaphist?

JoeS

Dear Joe,

You should try to get the little booklet of the Paraclesis (supplication) service to St. Nektarios.

Do you have any holy oil?

Many Greek Orthodox churches in the U.S. have shrines to him. Perhaps one is close to you?

Please contact me privately if I can help you with any of this.

In Christ,
Alice