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Nectarios of Aegina Quotes

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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Christianity ... does not demand from its followers only the knowledge and theory thereof, but also their application; ... it demands the cooperation of the volition.

Let us not subject our free will to the will of sin

God ... does not reject anyone who turns to Him

We should regulate those passions rationally and lead them with authority and hold the reins ... in no way enduring the subjugation of our free agency.

In the Kingdom of God the old man who is corrupted by sin cannot enter. For this reason, he must strip himself of the old man along with the passions and desires and be clothed in “the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.”

It is right for he who forsakes God to be forsaken by him; it is right for he who rejects the beckoning Grace to be rejected; it is right for God to turn his face away from him who rebels and does not approach Him.

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