Nectarius of Aegina Quotes

It is necessary for us to want to be saved so that we may be saved through Grace.

God ... demands self-denial for salvation, that is, without his own consent and volition, it is impossible.

We should regulate those passions rationally and lead them with authority and hold the reins, ... in no way enduring the subjugation of our free agency.

Only through self-denial can we be saved.

The Grace of God forsakes the unrepentant man because he disdained God’s wealth of uprightness, forbearance, and longsuffering.

Salvation is commenced by Grace, it is shaped by the will, and then perfected by Grace, which crowns it.

Woe unto those who request money rather than devotion, contrition, and the satisfaction of the divine through true and virtuous life for the forgiveness of sins.

We ought to be unyielding towards sin because once it cheats our consent, it becomes our true lord.

His true followers are not those who accept the principles of Christianity in word alone and yet reject them in deeds, but rather those who embrace them in both word and deed, and bring their life and manners and morals to order according to the divine commandments of Christianity.

Let us make our hearts harder than steel before the most flattering words.

Christianity is not a system of philosophy, nor is it established solely on the knowledge of man, but also upon volition and conscience, because the origin of Christianity is not simply the formation of the spirit, but the moulding of the heart.

Those who are burdened by their sins and delight in them and commune in Church desecrate the holiness of the Church and hinder the work of this great commission.

The people of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel were punished many times over for the arrogance of their kings.

It is necessary for us to will our salvation so as to seek it.

From the time Adam fell into sin, God has not ceased to call sinners to repentance and communion with Himself.