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Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius · Our Father among the Saints Nectarius (Nektarios), bishop of Pentapolis, Wonderworker, and founder of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on Aegina (1920).
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Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Messinia: Saint Nektarios as a Luminous Example for Us Alltranslated

November 9, 2026 · 1 min read

With brilliance and dignity, the memory of our holy father Nektarios, bishop of Pentapolis the wonderworker, was honored in the Holy Metropolis of Messinia. The Venerable Metropolitan of Messinia attended the celebrating Hierarchical Divine Liturgy in the Hierarchical Church of Saint Nektarios, in the local community of Drakoneri of the Municipality of Messinia and presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy. The Most Reverend was supported by the local newspaper editor Fr. Konstantinos Rikas, the Deacon Theophilos Kyriakos, and clergy from neighboring parishes.

Before the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, the Most Reverend blessed the residents of the community and all present, asking that Saint Nektarios be a luminous example and intercessor for us all to the Lord, and thanked the Messinian Deputy Mr. Miltos Chrysovalas, the Mayor of Messinia Mr. George Athanassopoulos, and the present members of the Municipal Council of Messinia.

The Protosynkellos of the Holy Metropolis of Messinia, Archbishop Philippos, attended the Great Hierarchical Church of the Taxiarchs of Kalymnos, in the underground of which is found the chapel dedicated to the memory of Saint Nektarios, and presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, which concluded in the main church due to the...

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