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[[Image:Nectarios.jpg|thumbnail|right|Father Nectarios, the establisher of the nunnery of Saint 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 (Loutraki, Greece)]] (Loutraki is a spa city near Corinth) and served as [[chancellor]] of the Diocese of Corinth. He was born in Aegina on [[November 3]], 1921. His real name is Kyriakos. He is spiritual child of St. Hieronymus of Aegina. He graduated from the [[seminary]] in Corinth and the Bishop of Corinth Michael ordained him as a [[deacon]] in the church of Virgin Mary in the neighborhood Synoikismos (meaning settlement) of Corinth. On [[November 8]], 1945 he was ordained presviteros (elder) Archimandrite in the church of St. Paul's in Corinth.
In 1952 he founded the monastery of St. Patapios (Loutraki, Greece). In 1977 he founded the Monastery of St. Paul in Mount Gerania (it has now been abandoned) and the male monastery of St. Nickolaos at the place New Malagari of Perachora (a village close to Loutraki). Recently he founded the male monastery of the three hierarchs in Perachora.
