Saint John Chrysostom (the Golden-mouth), Archbishop of Constantinople, was the great beacon and grandiloquent of the inhabited world. He hailed from the great city which bore the honorary title of "Queen of the East," that is, Antioch in Syria-Coele. He may have been born as early as A.D. 347 or as late as 354, and was the scion of the distinguished and high ranking military officer (stratelatos) Secoundos and his wife Anthousa.

Once a year the local Orthodox parish commemorates, celebrates, and honors its Patron Saint. It is a solemn Christian festival at which time the members of the local church express their devotion and thanksgiving to their beloved Saint who intercedes and protects them throughout the year.

When Saint Nektarios settled in Aegean, he took on many concerns and cares. He exhibited zeal and courage that the work might be accomplished with the help of God. Who can recount the labors, toils, and struggles which he undertook at all hours of the day and night so that the august Women's Monastery might succeed and grow? As a loving and compassionate father, he sought to cultivate and implant in their souls the fear of God, reverence, and compunction. He also desired to instill the nuns with love for one another and obedience in imitation of Christ.

The Saint's good fame flashed forth like lightning in all quarters. His popularity and genuine admiration among the people aroused the envy of a certain person in the Alexandrian Patriarchate. Rumors then arose that Metropolitan Nektarios wished to possess the Patriarchal throne, an ambition that never entered his mind. Many of his peers, not wishing to acknowledge his genuine virtue, slandered him to the Patriarch, saying that his popularity among the people was reaching such a pitch that Sophronios could easily be dethroned. Although the holy Nektarios discharged all his duties in a godly manner and sincerely showed love and reverence toward the Patriarch, whom he exceedingly honored as his benefactor, the Metropolitan's enemies swayed the Patriarch into thinking that his throne was in danger.

After working at Themistocles' store, Anastasios eventually found employment as a youth instructor at a school, which was a possession under the jurisdiction of the Holy Sepulcher. When Anastasios Kephalas reached twenty years of age, he received a letter of recommendation from the director of the school. He also accepted an appointment from Metropolitan Gregory, as a teacher in the village of Lythion on the island of Chios, Greece.  His family had already moved to the island, so he prepared for his trip and a new post.

The Holy Orthodox Christian Church shall not cease showing forth Saint until the completion of the age. This is undeniable proof that she is the depository of truth and Holy Tradition, which she observes and preserves free from adulteration, as a precious and sacred trust, and as "a fountain of water springing into eternal life" (Saint John 4:14). This water and bedews her pious children. The Holy Church, therefore, rejoices and speaks multitudinous achievements, virtues, and awesome wonders. Together with those Saints, she appeared luminaries who have become manifest in these times, especially committing sin.