Our venerable father '''Nectarius (Tikhonov) of Optina''' was a Hieroschemamonk among the group of [[monasticism|monastic]]s of Optina Monastery in the late nineteenth and early nineteenth twentieth centuries who were known as the Optina Elders. The Elder Nectarius is venerated on [[April 29]] and with all the Optina Elders on [[October 11]].