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

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

References

  1. ↑ "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 2018-01-30.
  2. ↑ "Helicopter crash kills top cleric". CNN. September 12, 2004.


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