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{{orthodoxyinaustralasiasmallOrthodoxyinaustralasiasmall}}The Right Reverend '''Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar''' was the first [[bishop ]] of the diocese [[Church of Alexandria]]'s [[Diocese of Madagascar]].

Born in ~'''George Kellis''' ca. 1953 in Rhodes, George he came to Australia early in life, and was raised in Adelaide. He served as a [[priest ]] on the Gold Coast, and for the most part of his service in Australia, he was an [[archimandrite ]] at St Nektarios Nectarios Monastery, Adelaide.

After a period of time in Adelaide, he felt called to missionary work. He then went to Madagascar and began to evangelise, beginning only with a non-functioning church in the capital. In 1997, Archimandrite Nektarios was elected bishop of the newly-created diocese Diocese of Madagascar.

In September 2004 he, along with Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria [[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria|Petros VII of Alexandria]] and , two other metropolitans , and two priests reposed in a helicopter crash en route to [[Mount Athos|Mt. Athos]]. He was buried in [[Madagascar]].

==External link==*[http://www.greece.org/gopatalex/sa/orthodoxJohannesburg/English/Obituaries/Bishops.html The Bishops who were killed in the helicopter crash] [[Category:Bishops]][[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]][[Category:Orthodoxy in AustraliaMissionaries]]