✝ Holy Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica
October 27 / November 9 (Julian Calendar)
On this day, October 27 according to the Julian Calendar (November 9 civil calendar), the Georgian Orthodox Church commemorates Holy Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica.
The holy martyr Nestor of Thessalonica suffered martyrdom in the year 306 in the city of Thessalonica. With the blessing of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica, the young Nestor went out against Lyaeus, the beloved gladiator of the Emperor Maximian Galerius (305-311), a giant and ferocious man who had mercilessly slain Christians in the gladiatorial arena, and he defeated him (see the reading of October 26, the Life of the Great Martyr Demetrius).
On the order of Galerius, the holy martyr was pierced through with a spear on the spot.
May the intercessions of Holy Martyr Nestor of Thessalonica be with us all.