Nectarios Kellis
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Nectarios Kellis was an Australian Greek Orthodox priest who embarked on a mission in Madagascar in the 1990s and eventually became the Greek Orthodox Bishop of Madagascar.[1] He was inspired by an appeal in a church magazine for missionaries to revive the Eastern Orthodox Church in Madagascar. [2]
Death[edit]
On 11 September 2004, he was killed in a helicopter crash along with Petros VII, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, and several other clergy.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Κοσμο, Νεκρος Για Τον (7 September 2015). "Orthodox Christian Initiative for Africa: The Orthodox Christian Church in Madagascar". Orthodox Christian Initiative for Africa. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Missionary Work in Madagascar, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Indonesia Supported by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia" (PDF). Saint Stylianos.org.au. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Helicopter crash kills top cleric". CNN. 12 September 2004.
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