Saint Nectarius of Aegina is the spiritual protector of two Romanian hierarchstranslated

The Most Reverend Father Nectarie, Bishop of Ireland and Iceland, and the Most Reverend Nectarie de Bogdania, the Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chisinau, celebrate their name day on Monday, the feast of the Holy Hierarch Nectarie of Aegina.

Saint Hierarch Nectarius of Aegina  (1846–1920) was born in Silivria, Thrace, and was a great servant of the Church, known for his humility, gentleness and the gift of working miracles.

Bishop of Ireland and Iceland The Reverend Father Nectarie was born on January 11, 1980 in the town of Vălenii de Munte, Prahova county.

He studied at the "Saint-Serge" Institute in Paris, where he completed his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees. In 2012, he defended his doctoral thesis, "The sacrament of confession - the history of the development of the order in the Romanian territories and its theology in the Orthodox Church", under the guidance of Father Professor Nicolas Ozoline.

In 1996 he was consecrated as a brother at the Crasna Monastery, and in 2000 he was ordained a monk, receiving the name of Nectaria, and between 2010 and 2017 he was abbot of this monastery. In October 2017, he was appointed Exarch of the Monasteries of the Archdiocese of Western Europe, and in 2020, eparchial Vicar.…