Saint Nektarios of Aegina the Wonderworker is a saint of the Greek Orthodox Church who lived at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. During his lifetime, he became famous for his insight and helping people; he humbly endured envy and persecution, for which he was called a “wandering bishop.” The veneration of the saint in his homeland is comparable to the veneration of St. Seraphim of Sarov in Russia.
They pray to Saint Nektarios of Aegina:
- about health;
- about recovery from serious illnesses, including cancer, epilepsy;
- about the healing of those possessed by demons;
- about the doctor’s wisdom in making a diagnosis and choosing treatment;
- when enduring unnecessary insults, persecution and misunderstanding;
- about protection from enemies visible and invisible;
- in poverty, for help in everyday needs.
Troparion, voice 4*
Having lived venerably, like a wise hierarch,/ you glorified the Lord/ with your virtuous life, O Reverend Nektarios./ Moreover, you glorified the Comforter with strength,/ with your divine relics,/ demons from him You heal the sick and the sick, // by faith you come.
Translation: Having lived piously, like a wise hierarch, you glorified the Lord with a virtuous life, Venerable Nektarios. Therefore, glorified by the power of the Comforter, your holy relics cast out demons and heal the sick who come to you with faith.
Prayer 1
Oh, myrrh-streaming head, to Saint Nektarios, the bishop of God! During the time of the great apostasy, when the world was captivated by wickedness, you shone with piety and the head of the proud Dennitsa, who wounded us, you crushed. For this reason, Christ granted to heal the incurable ulcers that have struck us for our iniquity. We believe: God the righteous will love you, and for our sake He will have mercy on you, forgive you sinners, remove you from oaths, deliver you from illness, and throughout the entire universe His name, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy One, will be fearful and glorious. of the Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages . Amen.
Canon to Saint Nektarios, Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Wonderworker of Aegina.
November 22
General beginning and end of the canons Troparion, kontakion, glorification of saints Akathists to the saints of God
Also troparion, tone 4:
To the Hierarch Saint Nektarios, / adorned with the gifts of Heaven, / let us fall supplicatingly, / calling from the depths of the soul: / Holy Father Nektarios, / deliver us from all temptations and troubles, / for you have received from God the grace of miracles / ailments to heal souls and bodies, / to the divine by your power, father, those who come running.
Canon, tone 8.
Song 1.
Irmos: Having traversed the waters more lovingly than dry land, and having escaped the evil of Egypt, the Israelite cried out: Let us drink to the Savior and our God
Motivated by love, I pray to the Creator of the Lord to give my words according to the heritage of the great miracle worker Nektarios the God-wise.
Thou hast passed through the vale of earthly life without blemish, O most wonderful Father, and thou hast settled down from the faces of heaven, from there visiting us with wondrous miracles.
Through the storm of everyday troubles, you found refuge on the island of Eginstem, and you erected a beautifully adorned house for the Life-Giving Trinity.
Theotokos: All-pure Mother of God, Mother of our Savior Lord, have mercy on Your singers and grant us a weakening of passions.
Song 3.
Irmos: The Supreme Creator of the heavenly circle, the Creator of the Lord, and the Creator of the Church, Thou hast confirmed me in Thy love, the desires of the land, the faithful affirmation, the One who loves mankind
Free those who are exhausted from the arrows of the enemy through your all-powerful intercession, our speedy representative, Nektarios.
Enlightened by the light of good deeds, you, inspired by God, appeared as a flaming pillar of faith, Nektarios, assuring the faint-hearted in their hearts.
Thou hast acquired the Heavenly mind, Father Nektarios, while on earth, thou hast cohabited with the Heavenly mind, singing sweet praises to thy Trinitarian Master.
Theotokos: Have mercy on those who call on Your name, Bride of God, and grant healing and deliverance from evil.
Pray to God for us, / Holy Hierarch Father Nektarios, / as we diligently resort to you, / a quick helper and prayer book for our souls.
Sedalen, voice 2:
Warm prayer and heartfelt groaning / we offer to you, most wonderful Father Nectarius, / and in remembrance of your love, we diligently cry out: / advance and deliver us from troubles, / our speedy representative and glorious miracle worker.
Glory, And now, Mother of God, the same voice:
Warm prayer, and an insurmountable wall, / source of mercy, refuge of the world, / diligently crying out to Thee: / Mother of God, Lady, advance, / and deliver us from troubles, / One who will soon intercede.
Song 4.
Irmos: I have heard, O Lord, the sight of Your mystery: I have understood Your works and glorified Your Divinity.
An inexhaustible source of healing has appeared, O Blessed Nectarius, ever-watering us with the mercy of God and extinguishing the flame of soul-destroying passions.
You have appeared as a warmest prayer book and a loving father of children, O Reverend Father, covering everyone with your love and having mercy on us to this day.
Deliver those who flock to you and your image, those who piously worship from every excuse of the devil, and be worthy to receive an inheritance in the Kingdom of the Life-Giving Trinity.
Theotokos: Most Pure, Holy Virgin, Mother of God, drive away from us all harm to souls and bodies and all evil attacks from us through Your prayers.
Song 5
Irmos: Enlighten us with Your commandments, O Lord, and with Your lofty arm grant us Your peace, O Lover of Mankind
The Lord has given us great joy and many-wonderful treasure, your holy relics, blessed Father Nektarios, who kisses with love, we glorify you who interceded for us.
Thou hast appeared to monks and the world, a divinely enlightened mentor, O wondrous Nectarius, and to guide us, who warmly call upon thee, on the path of the commandments and commandments of the Lord.
You watch from the Most High for the monastery and flock that you have gathered, blessed father, and your love has never left us. Knowing this well, we rejoice and glorify the Lord who is wondrous in our saints.
Theotokos: O Father of the Only Begotten Mother, O All-Pure Mother, raise us weak and weakened from the aphids of sin to the singing of Thy Son and God.
Song 6.
Irmos: I will pour out my prayer to the Lord and to Him I will proclaim my sorrows, for my soul is filled with evil, and my life is drawing near to hell, and I pray like Jonah: from aphids, O God, lift me up
Having hated the wide path of destruction, you turned your shoulders away from the world, despising earthly glory and honor, you appeared as an heir to heavenly sweets.
Thou hast loved even more the need for salvation, O most praiseworthy Father, by Thy grace our souls, O holy One, have brought the eyes of our minds and hearts to the light of Christ’s deeds through Thy prayers.
You know the imperishable treasure and the sea of miracles, all-blessed, as grace flows from you, healing ailments and quenching passions.
Theotokos: Heal our mental and physical ailments, O Pure Mother of God, that we may live according to the commandments of Thy Son, always bringing praise to Him and praise for our deeds.
Kontakion, voice 2:
Be a warm intercessor and strong Representative, Nektarios, / with all those who flow to you in faith / and lovingly kissing your divine relics, / even as Christ God glorified / the miracles that flow out of your gifts, / and enrich our souls with peace. / Pray diligently / to grant us forgiveness and great mercy beyond our sins.
Stichera, tone 6:
A new star appeared to the Church of Christ / in the last year, reverend, / shining with the purity of life, / with the intelligent radiances of the great gifts in you / illuminating our souls / and glorious miracles of healing / ever delivering the demonic omnipresence / and the passions of mortal darkness: / forsake not thee us, miracle-working Nectarius, / through your fruitful prayers.
Song 7.
Irmos: From Judea came the children in Babylon, sometimes, by the Trinity faith, they trampled the fire of the cave, singing: Father God, blessed art thou.
A bright lamp decorated with the oil of good deeds, you appeared to those in darkness, all-blessed father, and the healer of ailments, exuding myrrh.
From your heavenly glory, look down on us who praise you with love, all-holy father, and strive to deliver us from misfortunes and sorrows.
The Lord has made your body a laborious source of healing, glorified your labors and deeds and exalted your name, for this sake we please you with love.
Theotokos: Pure Virgin, protect us from all defilement, raise our downcast mind to the vision of the Heavenly Goodness, so that, rejoicing, we sing Thee and praise Thy Son, our Savior.
Song 8.
Irmos: The Heavenly King, Whom all the angels sing, praise and extol forever
Equivalent to the desert-lover of the ancients, the stewards of the silence of Christ showed you and the one-wise Father of the Church, the pillar of faith and piety, the guardian of the manifestation.
Seek through your prayers, Holy Father Nektarios, correction of our sinful habits, complete repentance and joy in Christ our Lord.
Rejoicing in your memory, blessed Father Nektarios, we glorify our Lord the Savior, who has renewed and sanctified our nature, and we offer praise to Him.
Theotokos: Who bore all things with all-powerful power, You clothed yourself with the infirmities of the flesh, O Virgin of the All-Immaculate One, for the benefit of men, as a Lover of mankind.
Song 9.
Irmos: Truly we confess Thee to Theotokos, / saved by Thee, O Pure Virgin, / with the bodiless faces magnifying Thee.
You bravely endured expulsions, reproaches, various deprivations and the machinations of demons, O most victorious Father, sending out praise to the Provider God.
Free us from all kinds of slander, illness and soul-destroying despair, O Reverend Nektarios, and send down the grace of Christ from Heaven, so that we continually praise you, our intercessor.
You denied the world and yourself, you took up the cross and followed Christ, and you received glory from Him, making us also partakers of the love of those who honor you, wonderful Father Nektarios.
Theotokos: O Most Blessed Virgin Mary! Grant us salvation spiritually and physically, O Most Immaculate One, and grant healing and deliverance to those who are sick.
Also stichera, tone 8.
In the wonderful saints / in songs we will honor the blessed Nektarios, / who stands in the heavenly halls / to the Throne of the Most Holy Trinity / and who prays for us.
Because of my many sins my body is weak, / my soul is also weak and overwhelmed by passions. / I come running to you, blessed saint, / raise me up when I am perishing and have mercy on me.
We know you, a great prayer book and a glorious wonderworker, O Father Nektarios, the wise one, we kiss your image and bow down with your power, / do not deprive us of your intercession and help.
The entire universe preaches your deeds, / the Church of Christ flaunts your glorious name, / the people of God, enlightened by the light of your miracles, blessed Nectarius, / glorify the Power of the Holy Trinity.
All the angels of the army, the Forerunner of the Lord, / the twelve apostles, / all the saints with Nektarios the God-wise and the Mother of God, / make a prayer, / that we may be saved.
PRAYER
Oh, God-wise and all-holy Father Nektarios, great and glorious miracle worker. We now resort to you, honoring you with faith and love, offering this praise with all our hearts and thoughts. You, the servant of God, have appeared now, like the morning star, illuminating the darkened ends of this world with the light of Christ’s grace, and you have truly acquired through your humble life and meek morals, incorruptible and worldly promises. For this reason, we, your unworthy servants, diligently pray to you: Holy Father Nectarios, do not forget us, who diligently flow to you. This light now, enlighten our souls, darkened by passions, illuminate our minds and renew our thoughts, so that we can learn from divine and sacred images and not worry about vain things. Confirm us, Reverend Father, in faith, hope and love for the Lord our God. Heal mental and physical illnesses, give us protection and refuge in sorrows and misfortunes, admonition and correction in sins, always giving unenvious grace, as if we glorified the One True God, wondrous in His saints, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer 2
Oh, Saint Nektarios, God-Wise Father! Receive, guardian of the Orthodox faith, the confession of the people named after Christ, gathered today in the temple by the grace of God living in you. The news has reached the borders of Russia, that you, the great saint of Christ among the saints, have appeared to those who call upon your name in all corners of the world and have granted healing from cancer. We have heard about the priest, your namesake and the temple in your name, who built with great sorrows. I was stricken with a cancerous chest ulcer, bleeding every day, and I suffered fiercely, but did not abandon my holy work. Suddenly you, the saint of great mercy, descended from Heaven, and you appeared to him in the temple in a visible form. He is the unseeing fellow of you who is one from mortals, asking for your prayers and saying: “I am sick, I am great, otherwise I want to restore the holy altar, so that once again the holy Liturgy I will perform this together with the parishioners; “Afterwards I am ready to die, for death does not fear me.” But you, father, are bodiless and water your face with tears! and the volume of the sufferer, kissing and the verb: “Do not grieve, my child, as you have experienced illness, you will be healthy. Everyone knows about this miracle.” He, having been healed, abiye understands, with whom you were talking, he was invisible to you. Oh, great saint of Christ Nektarios! This temple is now complete, and your miracles are like an overflowing sea, multiplying! We know that, like the prayer of a righteous person, it must be hastened by our zeal for the service of God and the determination to die for Christ, that we may find health. They pray to you, O righteous father, your sick child: may the will of God be done to us, good, acceptable and perfect, not wanting the sinner to die, but to turn and let him live. But you, the proclaimer of the will of God, healed us with your grace-filled appearance, may God be great in Heaven and on earth forever and ever! Amen.
Menea. November 9th.
- Voice in the Dictionary.
- Akathist to Saint Nektarios, Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Wonderworker of Aegina.
- Another akathist to Saint Nektarios, the Wonderworker of Aegina.
Life of a Saint
The saint was born in 1846 near Constantinople into a poor family of pious Christians. At baptism the child was given the name Anastasy.
From an early age, the boy fell in love with reading soul-saving books, the most favorite of which was the Bible. The young Christian learned many prayers and attended services with joy and reverence.
When Anastasia was 14 years old, she left her parents' home and went to Constantinople. He wanted to earn money for his studies and be able to help his family financially.
The young man got a job as a worker at a tobacco factory. And in my free time I studied on my own.
Lacking material resources and almost despairing of rectifying the situation on his own, Anastasius writes a letter to the Lord. Childishly naive, he asks for an apron for work and shoes. On the envelope the boy writes the address: “To the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven.”
On the way to the post office, Anastasia meets a merchant who offers to help her with the mail. The boy happily accepts the letter and delivers it to his friend. The man sees the address on the envelope and, unable to resist, reads the message. The call touches the merchant's soul so much that he decides to help the child. The man writes a few words in response and puts the money in the envelope.
Anastasy was incredibly pleased with the gift. Having bought what he needed, he continued to work, earning a living, helping his family and paying for his studies.
After some time, the young man entered the Constantinople School. While studying in high school, he teaches lessons to juniors. After finishing school, Anastasio moved to the island of Chios. There he continues to teach. At 22 years old, the young man leads an ascetic lifestyle, spending his life in prayer and abstinence. He teaches children and adults, helps the poor and sick, creates a choir of students and sings with them in the temple.
Anastasio often visited the Nea Moni monastery, communicated with the abbot and elders. He dreamed with all his soul of becoming a monk. In 1876, his wish came true. With the name Lazarus he was tonsured a monk. After serving for three years, he took minor vows under the name Nektarios and was ordained to the rank of deacon.
A young monk in search of enlightenment was introduced to the Alexandrian Patriarch Sophronio, who advised him to continue his studies in Athens.
In 1885, Saint Nectar completed his theological studies at the University of Athens and was sent to Alexandria. Praying and serving God helped him grow spiritually and at the same time advance in ministry. Soon Nectarius became the patriarch's secretary. He later continued his ministry in Cairo, in the Church of San Nicola. There he was elevated to the rank of Bishop of Pentapolis at the age of forty.
Despite his high dignity, Nektarios still strove for monastic simplicity and asceticism, considering humility and imitation of Christ to be the main virtues.
This attitude helped the saint in his next life to overcome the trials that arose due to the machinations of the enemy of humanity. Nectarius was slandered several times, but he did not try to justify himself. He believed that the main thing was a clear conscience, and said that the world hates virtue, but at the same time envies it. With God's help, the charges against Nektarios were dropped.
After the saint became the director of the Athens Theological School, where the clergy studied, in 1894, spiritual children began to flock to him. During this time, Nectarius demonstrated his God-given ability to heal the sick.
At the end of his life, the saint fell ill with cancer, but did not grumble, but thanked God. The saint died on November 22, 1920 in an Athens hospital and was buried in the Holy Trinity Monastery, which he founded. And in 1961, Metropolitan Nektary was canonized.
