Nectarios Kellis
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. He was inspired by an appeal in a church magazine for missionaries to revive the Eastern Orthodox Church in Madagascar. [1]
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.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Helicopter crash kills top cleric". CNN. 12 September 2004.
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