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[[Image:nectarios marmarinos.jpg|thumbnail|right|Fr. Nectarios, the founder of the nunnery of St. Patapios]][[Image:father Nectarios.jpg|thumbnail|right|Father Fr. Nectarios, the founder of the nunnery of Saint St. Patapios, at the nunnery's celebration ([[December 8]], 2010)]][[Image:father Nectarios2.jpg|thumbnail|right|Father Fr. Nectarios, the founder of the nunnery of Saint St. Patapios, at the nunnery 's celebration ([[December 8]], 2012)]] [[Image:Nectarios.jpg|thumbnail|right|Fr. Nectarios at the nunnery of St. Patapios with sister Theoktisti (October 2010)]]

Elder Father '''Nektarios (Marmarinos)''' is the founder of the [[Monastery of St Patapios (Loutraki, Greece)|monastery of St. Patapios (]] located at Loutraki, Greece)]] (Loutraki is , a spa city near Corinth) and . He is noted for his missionary activities. He also served as [[chancellor]] of the Diocese [[Metropolis of Corinth]].

Elder Nektarios Kyriakos Marmarinos was born Kyriakos Marmarinos in Aegina on [[November 3]], 1921in Aegina on the island of Aegina, near Athens. He is The spiritual child of St. Hieronymus of Aegina. He , he was educated in and graduated from the [[seminary]] in Corinth and . Choosing a monastic life, Kyriakos was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] by Bishop Michael of Corinth in the Church of Virgin Mary in the neighborhood Synoikismos (meaning settlement) of Corinth, with the name Nektarios. On [[November 8]], 1945, after he had been ordained a [[priest]], he was raised to the dignity of [[archimandrite]] in the Church of St. Paul in Corinth.

In 1952, he founded the Monastery of St. Patapios in Loutraki, Greeceat the site of the cave where [[relics]] of St. Patapios had been found. In 1977, he founded the Monastery of St. Paul in Mount Gerania (it has now been which was subsequently abandoned) and . He also founded, near Loutraki, the male monastery of St. Nickolaos o Neos for men at the place New Malagari of in Perachora (a village close to Loutraki). Recently More recently he founded the male monastery of the three hierarchs in Perachora.

He served as a chancellor of the Diocese Metropolis of Corinth. In 2006, he was honored by the City of Corinth with the golden key of the city and also honored by the then Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Metr. [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens|Christodoulos]] with the gold medal for his [[missionary]] work. Since 1940, Elder Nektarios has taught , since 1940, Sunday school every Sunday afternoon at the Cultural Center of the Church of Virgin Mary at Synoikismos, in Corinth.

At an advanced age, he still teaches in In addition to teaching Sunday school at Synoikismos and , Elder Nektarios travels among , at an advanced age, across the villages and towns of the province of Corinthia teaching the Word of the Gospel. AlsoAdditionally, he visits every Friday morning he visits the Monastery of St. Patapios in Loutraki, directing the souls of the [[nun]]s toward Salvation. Often on Sundays Frequently, he also preaches at the male [[monastery]] of the Three Hierarchs in Perachora. His missionary effort is efforts are well known and according to nun [[Patapia]] he has contributed greatly to the Monastery of St. Patapios that he founded.

*[[Wikipedia:Saint_Patapios]]