Relief Icon of Saint Nektarios – Full Body

Relief Icon of Saint Nektarios – Full Body

This icon was created on canvas according to the style, tradition, and criteria required by Byzantine art. The wood has been carved in the form of the Archangel, offering a three-dimensional depiction of the image.

Saint Nektarios, also known as Nektarios of Pentapolis and Nektarios of Aegina, was a Greek Thracian bishop and theologian, a modern miracle-working Saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is also honored as a Saint by the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Birth information: October 1, 1846, Selymbria
Passed away: November 8, 1920, Aegina
Place of burial: Holy Church of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, Kondos
Parents: Dimosthenis Kefalas, Mari Kefala
Canonization: April 20, 1961, by Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras
Feast days: November 9 (Repose); September 3 (Translation of Holy Relics)

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