Nectarius
St. Nectarius was native of Tarsus of Kilikia, divine and holy in his
life, and politically high-ranked. In the 2nd Ecumenical Council, after
the resignation of St. Gregory the Theologian and the condemnation of
the heretical Patriarch Maximus, he was unanimously elected by the
people, the clergy and the emperor Theodosius, Patriarch of
Constantinople, eventhough he was a layman and, in fact, not yet
baptised. Having shepherded the Church in great devoutness, he
completed his life peacefully. The following Patriarch Arsacius was
also from Tarsus, and was a brother of Nectarius.
His memory is kept on the 11th of October.
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