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[[Image:father Nectarios.jpg|thumbnail|right|Father Fr. Nectarios, the founder of the nunnery of Saint St. Patapios, at the nunnery's celebration ([[December 8]], 2010)]][[Image:Nectarios.jpg|thumbnail|right|Father Fr. Nectarios, the founder of at the nunnery of Saint St. Patapios, at the nunnery with sister Theoktisti (October 2010)]]
Elder '''Nektarios (Marmarinos)''' is the founder of the [[Monastery of St Patapios (Loutraki, Greece)|monastery of St. Patapios (]] located at Loutraki, Greece)]] (Loutraki is , a spa city near Corinth) and . He is noted for his missionary activities. He also served as [[chancellor]] of the Diocese [[Metropolis of Corinth]].
==Life==
In 1952, he founded the Monastery of St. Patapios in Loutraki, Greeceat the site of the cave where [[relics]] of St. Patapios had been found. In 1977, he founded the Monastery of St. Paul in Mount Gerania (it has now been which was subsequently abandoned) and . He also founded, near Loutraki, the male monastery of St. Nickolaos o Neos for men at the place New Malagari of in Perachora (a village close to Loutraki). Recently More recently he founded the male monastery of the three hierarchs in Perachora.
He served as a chancellor of the Diocese Metropolis of Corinth. In 2006, he was honored by the City of Corinth with the golden key of the city and also honored by the then Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Metr. [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens|Christodoulos]] with the gold medal for his [[missionary]] work. Since 1940, Elder Nektarios has taught , since 1940, Sunday school every Sunday afternoon at the Cultural Center of the Church of Virgin Mary at Synoikismos, in Corinth.
==References==
==External links==
*[http://www.livepedia.gr/index.php/%CE%93%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9D%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82 Elder Nektarios Marmarinos] In Greek
*[[Wikipedia:Saint_Patapios]]
*[http://www.globalusers.com/monastir_eng.htm Saint Patapios: his life, his miracles and his monastery]
[[Category: Monastics]]