"When I am in Russia I am Russian."

A Russian priest wanted to build a church in honor of St. Nectarios out of the same material they use to build churches in Greece. However, he was only able to find someone to build the church out of wood. The priest was distressed by this because he wanted to honor the Greek saint with a "Greek" church. One night the saint appeared to the priest and told him: "Why are you upset? When I am in Russia I am Russian and I want my church built out of wood.''