The Holy Martyr Nestor is the spiritual protector of the Bishop of Deva and Hunedoratranslated

The Holy Martyr Nestor is the spiritual protector of the Reverend Father Nestor, the Bishop of Deva and Hunedora.

The hierarch was born on June 11, 1983, in Craiova, in the family of Ion and Marinela Dinculeană, receiving the baptismal name of Dumitru Cristian.

In the period 1998-2002 he studied at the "Petrache Trişcu" High School in his hometown, then between 2003 and 2007 he was a student at the undergraduate courses of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in the same city.

From 2006 to 2009, he was cabinet secretary of His Holiness Father Gurie Gorjeanul, Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Craiova, future hierarch of Deva and Hunedoara.

During this time, in 2007, the year in which he completed his university studies, he was ennobled as a brother at the "Holy Great Martyr Dimitrie Izvorâtorul de Mir" Monastery, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Craiova.

Academic training and church background Between 2007-2009, he continued his studies as a master's student at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Craiova. In 2009, he was ordained a monk, and until 2012 he was once again cabinet secretary of the Most Reverend Father Gurie and eparchial secretary of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara.

Since 2011, he…