Rank: Metropolitan
Place of birth: village of Holohov, Diocese of Kazan
Date of birth: May 26, 1902
Date of repose: March 9, 1969
Affiliation: Russian Orthodox Church
Education: Higher Theological School
Biography
Nectarie (Grigoriev Nicolai Constantinovich) was born on May 26, 1902, in the village of Holohov, Diocese of Kazan. He graduated from the Gymnasium in Kazan.
In 1923, he completed two courses at the Faculty of History and Philology of Kazan University, as well as the Higher Theological School.
On October 4/17, 1923, he was tonsured a monk, and on October 8/21, he was ordained a deacon.
On February 24 (Old Style), 1924, he was ordained a hieromonk.
From February 1929, he served as parish priest of the Kazan-Vvedensky Church in Moscow.
From March 1934, he was parish priest of the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Kashira, Moscow Region.
From May 1936, he served as priest of the Rizopolozhenskaya Church in Moscow, and from July 1, 1937, as parish priest of the same church.
From May 30, 1941, he served as assistant to the vicar at the Pochaev Lavra.
In 1942, he carried out pastoral service in Bragin (Belarus).
From July 4, 1942, he was parish priest of the church of the Vvedensky Convent in Kyiv.
On June 29, 1947, he was consecrated Bishop of Petrozavodsk and Olonets.
On June 3, 1948, he became Bishop of Tiraspol and temporary administrator of the Diocese of Chișinău.
From June 7, 1949, he served as Bishop of Chișinău and Moldova.
On February 25, 1956, he was elevated to the rank of Archbishop.
On February 21, 1958, he was granted the right to wear the cross on the klobuk.
On August 3, 1963, he was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan.
He reposed in the Lord on March 9, 1969, in Moscow, and was buried at the Kalitnikovskoye Cemetery, Moscow.