Nestor the Chronicler

Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, author of the Primary Chronicle.

Nestor entered the Kiev Caves monastery in his youth under Saint Theodosios and was ordained hierodeacon. He wrote the lives of Saints Boris and Gleb and of Saint Theodosios, and is honored as the author of the Tale of Bygone Years, the earliest chronicle of the Rus.

He reposed around 1114, and his relics rest in the Near Caves.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Nestor the Chronicler is commemorated on October 27. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on November 9 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on October 27

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  Nestor the Martyr

  Martyr, Νέστωρ

  Holy Martyr Nestor of Thessaloniki.

  Name days: Nestoras, Nestor

• Prokla the Wife of Pilate

  Holy Woman, Πρόκλα

  Saint Prokla, the wife of Pontius Pilate, who pleaded for the Righteous One.

• Capitolina and Erotheis

  Holy Woman, Καπετωλίνα και Ερωτηΐς

  Holy Martyrs Capitolina and her servant Erotheis of Cappadocia.

• Kyriakos of Constantinople

  Hierarch, Κυριάκος Πατριάρχης

  Saint Kyriakos, Patriarch of Constantinople.

• Demetrios the New of Basarabov

  Venerable, Δημήτριος ο Νέος

  Venerable Demetrios the New of Basarabov, patron of Bucharest.