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1846–1920
Nectarios of Aegina (Νεκτάριος Αιγίνης, 1 October 1846 – 8 November 1920), Metropolitan of Pentapolis and Wonderworker of Aegina, is one of the most renowned Greek saints, venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and officially recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1961. His feast day is celebrated every year on 9 November.
Also known as: Nektarios of Aegina, Saint Nectarios of Aegina, Saint Nektarios of Aegina
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The manic lover does not love his beloved as much as God loves the repentant soul.
Sinners and those who do not confess due to shame deliver their soul unto death. They suffer in a similar fashion to those who are ill, who do not run to the doctors because of shame.
The aesthetic nature is unfree because it is moved by something else and does not move according to its own will.
The divine law was written on the heart of man because God formed his heart to be the seat of the love of the good.
Moral freedom makes man a moral being and an image of God.
From the time Adam fell into sin, God has not ceased to call sinners to repentance and communion with Himself.
Repentance is the moral rebirth of man and the starting point of a new virtuous life.
The grace of God, despite being infinite, does not save on its own, because He does not wish to violate the free agency of man.
The Christianity in discussion is a religion which demands not only the knowledge of its theories, but also their application in life.
While the Grace of God beckons and illumines the nous and the heart, the will concurs by laying open the eyes and purifying the heart.
Ignorance of the beautiful, of the good, of the true would make man an amoral being and would make ‘morality’ a word devoid of meaning.
Sin debases the divine beauty of the image of both the soul and of the body and makes it ugly and useless.
People have to pay retribution for the deeds of recklessness committed by their kings.
The true will is the will of the spirit, which is the desire for the good.
The intellectual nature is self-motivating and thus free.
Those who sin out of ignorance must recognize that they are hoarding great wrongs in themselves.
Salvation is commenced by Grace, it is shaped by the will, and then perfected by Grace, which crowns it.
Sin removes all compunction and makes sinners shameless for the darkening of their souls.
The Grace of God forsakes the unrepentant man because he disdained God’s wealth of uprightness, forbearance, and longsuffering.
We renounce the law of the flesh along with the passions and desires.
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