Nafpaktos Ierotheos: Saint Nektarios was a Bishop, but also an ascetic and reclusetranslated

On the afternoon of Sunday 8 and the morning of Monday 9 November 2026, the feast of Saint Nektarios, Bishop of Pentapolis the Miracle Worker, the Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios, Mr. Ierotheos officiated at the celebrating Parish Church of Saint Nektarios, in Platanitis, Nafpaktos. On Sunday afternoon, His Eminence officiated at the solemn Vespers, flanked by the Priests: Fr. Father Polykarpo Theofanis, Preacher, Archim. Fr.

His Holiness in his sermon analyzed the Subject of Vespers of the day, Sunday, "Behold, bless the Lord, all the servants of the Lord". This refers to those who keep the will of God, but also to the angels who are the real servants of God, because Vespers which is celebrated on Sunday evening, refers to the angels to whom the Monday day of the week is dedicated. The angels are the real servants of God, because they participate accordingly in the splendors of the Thearchy,…