Director Yelena Popovic (left) talking with actor Alexander Petrov during the filming of Man of God . (Photo credit: Marilena Anastasiado)
“Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” This simple prayer is repeated continuously throughout
Man of God by the film’s title character, Bishop Nektarios (Aris Servetalis), venerated as Saint Nektarios of Aegina in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Man of God, written and directed by Yelena Popovic, is less a traditional biopic than a concentrated focus on the unjust persecutions and humiliations that follow Nektarios as an ascetic priest entirely devoted to the will of God.