Nicanor Lemne (27 December 1915 – 15 September 2017)[1] was a Romanian priest, theologist and monk who was known for his longevity.

[2] He served at the Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God, a place of worship repaired and maintained by the father himself, in the footsteps of the former Turbați Monastery in Siliștea Snagovului.

[4] Father Nicanor Lemne was born on 27 December 1915, in the town of Drepcăuți in the then Russian Bessarabia Governorate, in a large Romanian family with a priestly tradition, being one of the ten children of the family of priest Nicon and priestess Maria Lemne.

[5] In 1942, he was ordained as a priest in Bălți County, at a parish in the commune of Mihăileni, where he served until 25 March 1944, when the Soviet Union reoccupied Bessarabia.

From that moment began a difficult period for the father's family, who fled to Romania, living for a few months in the municipality of Râmnicu Vâlcea, after which he was appointed priest at the Turbați Parish in Siliștea Snagovului, Ilfov, in the Ilfov Nord Protoiery.