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Saint Nektarios on Miracles
and the Christian Faith
and the Christian Faith
"Miracles are not impossible from a logical standpoint, and right reason does not deny them. Natural laws do not have the claim to be the only ones, nor are they threatened with being overturned by the appearance of other laws, supernatural ones, which also are conducive to the development and furtherance of creation... Miracles are a consequence of the Creator's love for his creatures."
+ St Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920)
+ St Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920)
"Christian religion is not a certain philosophic system, about which learned men, trained in metaphysical studies, argue and then either espouse or reject, according to the opinion each one has formed. It is faith, established in the souls of men, which ought to be spread to the many and be maintained in their consciousnesses."
+ St Nektarios of Aegina
+ St Nektarios of Aegina
Supplicatory Canon (Paraklesis) of St. Nektarios
O holy hierarch of Christ, Nekatarios,
Afflicted in body and soul, O Saint
I run to thy shelter
Seeking aid and crying to thee:
Bestow thou thy peace on me, O Father,
And do thou free both my spirit and flesh from harm.
As one that lived righteously in this life,
O Godbearing Father,
Saint Nectarios, do thou heal
(And) sanctify all that hasten to thee
And kiss thine icon and relics with reverence.
To them that seek healing of thee with faith ,
Come hasten O Father,
And deliver them from all pain;
For thou art a merciful physician,
O most revered wonderworker, Nectarios.
Since thou art the Birthgiver of our God,
O most holy Maiden,
Show thy mercy to me , thy slave;
And free me from harm and from the malice
Of the invisible serpent, I beg of thee.
From all manner of illness
And from affliction of soul
And from all satanic assaults
Deliver us, Saint of God;
For thou art known to be
A most compassionate shepherd
Who dost ever stand in guard
Over thy faithful flock.
Thou art truly a flowing spring
Of divine gifts for us.
Gushing forth with spiritual nectar
Which doth dispel the grief
And grievous bitterness
Of all our failings and passions,
And doth grant the sweetness of grace,
O beloved of God.
Translation by Holy Transfiguration Monastery of Brookline, Mass.
O holy hierarch of Christ, Nekatarios,
Afflicted in body and soul, O Saint
I run to thy shelter
Seeking aid and crying to thee:
Bestow thou thy peace on me, O Father,
And do thou free both my spirit and flesh from harm.
As one that lived righteously in this life,
O Godbearing Father,
Saint Nectarios, do thou heal
(And) sanctify all that hasten to thee
And kiss thine icon and relics with reverence.
To them that seek healing of thee with faith ,
Come hasten O Father,
And deliver them from all pain;
For thou art a merciful physician,
O most revered wonderworker, Nectarios.
Since thou art the Birthgiver of our God,
O most holy Maiden,
Show thy mercy to me , thy slave;
And free me from harm and from the malice
Of the invisible serpent, I beg of thee.
From all manner of illness
And from affliction of soul
And from all satanic assaults
Deliver us, Saint of God;
For thou art known to be
A most compassionate shepherd
Who dost ever stand in guard
Over thy faithful flock.
Thou art truly a flowing spring
Of divine gifts for us.
Gushing forth with spiritual nectar
Which doth dispel the grief
And grievous bitterness
Of all our failings and passions,
And doth grant the sweetness of grace,
O beloved of God.
Translation by Holy Transfiguration Monastery of Brookline, Mass.
Patriarch Daniel of Romania blesses a new shrine (2016) with relics of St Nektarios of Aegina at Izbuc Monastery, Bihor county, Romania
