Today, November 9, the Church remembers St. Nestor the Chroniclertranslated

The memory of the Venerable Nestor the Chronicler, of Pechersk, in the Near Caves (+ c. 1114), is celebrated by the Orthodox Church on November 9.

The Monk Nestor the Chronicler was born in the 1050s in Kyiv. While still a young man, he came to the Monk Theodosius of Pechersk, with whom he became a novice, and he was tonsured into monasticism by the successor of St. Theodosius, Abbot Stephen. Under him, the future chronicler became a hierodeacon.

The Monk Nestor was distinguished by the height of his spiritual life, as evidenced, for example, by the fact that he participated in expelling a demon from Nikita the Recluse, who had fallen into delusion.

In addition to spiritual asceticism, Saint Nestor deeply valued true knowledge, but not in itself, but combined with humility and repentance.

The Monk Nestor received the nickname of the Chronicler for a reason, and not only because of writing “The Tale of Bygone Years.” In general, he carried out the obedience of the chronicler in the monastery.

In particular, in the 1080s he wrote “Reading about the life and destruction of the blessed passion-bearers Boris and Gleb” in connection with the transfer of their relics to Vyshgorod in 1072. At the same time, he compiled the life of St. Theodosius of Pechersk.

But, of course, the main work of the Monk Nestor was “The Tale of Bygone Years” -...