The feast of Agios Nektarios in the Holy Metropolis of Mantineia - Ordination of a new Presbytertranslated

The memory of Saint Nektarios, Bishop of Pentapolis the Miracle Worker, was commemorated with ecclesiastical splendor and special rejoicing in the Holy Metropolis of Mantineia and Kynouria. On the eve of the feast, with the celebration of the solemn Vespers in the Metochio of the Holy Monastery of Artokosta, in Saint Andrew of Northern Kynouria, patron of the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria Mr. Epiphanios. The procession was attended by the Mayor of North Kynouria, Mr. Konstantinos Kambylis, representatives of the local authorities and a large number of believers.

In his speech, His Holiness referred to patience as the pre-eminent characteristic of Saint Nektarios' sanctity. He placed particular emphasis on the slanders, persecutions and trials that the Saint suffered, not from people outside the Church, but from persons within the ecclesiastical space itself. On the occasion of his life, he urged the faithful to be careful in their judgment and words, so as not to cause wounds to their fellow human beings, but also to face life's difficulties with patience, having as a guide the example of the Saint.

On the main day of the feast, His Holiness went to the Holy Church of Agios Nektarios Vounou...