Homilies on the Christian Life · Lecture 005
Saint Nektarios (Part 1)
A lecture by Dimitrios Panagopoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Dimitrios Panagopoulos speaks on Saint Nektarios of Aegina as saint, wonderworker, and myrovlitis, a threefold distinction he presents as rare. Miracles through saints and the Theotokos are attributed to the grace of the Holy Spirit, not to independent power, and Protestant objections to invoking saints are answered through angelic mediation and Basil the Great. The account includes Nektarios’ childhood piety, his grandmother’s formation, two sea miracles from his youth, and biographical dates: born in Silivria on 1 October 1846, reposed on 30 September 1920, and formally glorified on 20 April 1961. His dispersed relics are described as providential, and he is presented as a universal intercessor.
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