St Nektarios of Aegina - 8.25 x 11 (Cherry)

St Nektarios of Aegina was born in Selymbria in Turkey in 1846. At the age of 14 he moved to Constantinople to work and to further his education. In 1866 he left Constantinople for the island of Chios where he became a monk at the age of 30. Three years after becoming a monk he was ordained a deacon, taking the name Nektarios. In 1885 he graduated from the University of Athens having written many books and bible commentaries while attending university.

Following his graduation he went to Alexandria in Egypt where he was ordained priest and served as priest at St Nicholas in Cairo. As a result of his piety and brilliance as a priest and preacher he was consecrated Bishop of Pentapolis in 1889. St Nektarios served as Bishop for one year in Cairo and was unjustly removed from his position as Bishop as a result of lies spread about him by jealous clerics who envied his popularity with the people.

He was never given a chance to defend himself and was sent away from Egypt. He returned to Greece in 1891. He was appointed director of a school for priests where he served for 15 years. In 1904 as the result of requests from several nuns, he established a monastery on the island of Aegina called Holy Trinity Monastery. In 1908 he resigned his position as director of the school and withdrew to Holy Trinity Monastery where he spent the rest of his days as a monk. St Nektarios was visited by many who came to see him and seek his guidance and wisdom. He reposed from prostate cancer at the age of 74. The first posthumous miracle took place when the shirt of St Nektarios was placed by mistake on the paralyzed man in the bed next to him and the man was healed completely of his paralysis.

This 8.25 x 11 Icon of St Nektarios of Aegina in cherry is the perfect larger sized icon to have on an icon stand or on an Icon wall!

Note on wood products - All wood warps, that is something you have to remember with these icons. Warping over time will occur but it wont affect the icon. We use Feed-N-Wax for all of our icons which is our wood sealant and we recommend touching up the icons with this product as needed. If you get water spots from having the icon blessed the easiest way to get rid of them is to apply the Feed-N-Wax product mentioned above to the areas with the water spots and they should go away.

Note that the icon you will receive will vary slightly from picture shown. 

All of our icons are made to order, sculpted by Lydia Riley and made in Montana.