Nectarios of Jerusalem
Nektarios (* 1602 in Crete , † July 14, 1676 in Jerusalem ) was Patriarch of Jerusalem .
He spent his school days in St. Catherine's Monastery on Sinai , studied in Athens and was elected Archbishop of Sinai in 1661 . Without having assumed this office, he also became Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1661, but resigned in 1668. He participated in condemning the Russian Patriarch Nikon for his position in the dispute over the rank of Tsar and Patriarch. He rejected the Eucharistic teaching of the Patriarch Kyrillos Lukaris of Constantinople.
literature
- Michael Wittig: Nektarios. In: LThK 3 7 (1998), p. 732
- Ferdinand Kattenbusch : NECTARIUS: Patriarch of Jerusalem . In: Samuel Macauley Jackson (ed.): New Schaff – Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge , Volume VIII, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids 1953, p. 98.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Paisios |
Patriarch of Jerusalem 1661–1668 |
Dositheos II |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nektarios |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Patriarch of Jerusalem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1602 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | in Crete |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1676 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |