Venerable Nectarius of Bitola

Saint Nectarius was born in Bitola. He led the ascetic struggle in the Monastery of the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian near Bitola, together with his own father Pachomius who had also become a monk. Then he left for Karyes on Mount Athos where he continued his struggle under the spiritual direction of the Elders Philotheus and Dionysius at the Lavra of the Holy Archangels.

Having conquered the envy of men, assaults of demons and painful illnesses, he inhabited Christ’s Kingdom on 5/18 December 1500. His miracle working relics, incorrupt and fragrant, rest at the same Lavra.