Orthodox calendar: November 9 is the day of remembrance of St. Nestor, Russian chroniclertranslated

24th Week after Pentecost.

Today, November 9, 2026, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the martyr. Nestor of Thessalonica (c. 306); martyr Mark and others like him (304); mcc. Capitolines and Erotiids (304); St. Nestor the Chronicler (1114); Nestor Neknizhny, Pechersky (XIV); finding the relics of the blgv. book Andrei Smolensky in Pereslavl-Zalessky (1539); prmch. Sergius (1942).

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The Monk Nestor the Chronicler was born in the 50s of the 11th century in Kyiv. As a young man he came to the Monk Theodosius and became a novice. The successor of the Monk Theodosius, Abbot Stefan, tonsured the Monk Nestor. Under him, he was ordained a hierodeacon. His high spiritual life is evidenced by the fact that he, along with other reverend fathers, participated in the exorcism of the demon from Nikita the recluse (later the Novgorod saint), who was seduced into Jewish wisdom.

The Monk Nestor deeply valued true knowledge, combined with humility and repentance. “There is great benefit from bookish teaching,” he said, “books punish and teach us the path to repentance, for from bookish words we gain wisdom and self-control. These are the rivers that water the universe, from which wisdom emanates. Books have incalculable depth, we console ourselves with them in sorrow, they...