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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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We should employ even the irrational passions with rationality.
Having lived in sin, perhaps we want to die in it.
Only through self-denial can we be saved.
Woe unto those who request money rather than devotion, contrition, and the satisfaction of the divine through true and virtuous life for the forgiveness of sins.
When we sin, we sin before God and become enemies of the divine law.
Christianity is not a system of philosophy, nor is it established solely on the knowledge of man, but also upon volition and conscience, because the origin of Christianity is not simply the formation of the spirit, but the moulding of the heart.
We ought to be unyielding towards sin because once it cheats our consent, it becomes our true lord.
The people of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel were punished many times over for the arrogance of their kings.
It is necessary for us to want to be saved so that we may be saved through Grace.
Let us make our hearts harder than steel before the most flattering words.
It is necessary for us to will our salvation so as to seek it.
They have adorned everything , overlooking their mind and their attitude like it is a cheap inn of no value
The being who is unfree and dependent, subjected to instinctual drives, is not an intelligent being because the spirit is free and independent by nature and in no way subordinate.
Christianity demands the whole man, ... to and refashion him into a new man and to breathe into him a new religious and moral life.
Let us not do anything that the inner man does not will
Regret is a disposition for returning to God
Those who are burdened by their sins and delight in them and commune in Church desecrate the holiness of the Church and hinder the work of this great commission.
God ... demands self-denial for salvation, that is, without his own consent and volition, it is impossible.
It is necessary for us to hasten to repentance before sin becomes a habit within us, because then it is impossible for us to be saved.
Man had a duty to be exalted unto God and for his nous to be offered to God alone and not to search out delight in the enjoyment of created things.
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