✝ Venerable Nestor the Chronicler
October 27 / November 9 (Julian Calendar)
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On this day, October 27 according to the Julian Calendar (November 9 civil calendar), the Georgian Orthodox Church commemorates Venerable Nestor the Chronicler.
The venerable Nestor the Chronicler was born in Kiev in the 1050s. While still a youth he came to Saint Theodosius (commemorated May 3) and became his novice.
The venerable Nestor undertook to compose the history of Russia from its origins to the year 1111.
Nestor the Chronicler reposed in the year 1114. The father, pleasing to the Lord, is buried in the nearby (Anthony’s) Caves.
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May the intercessions of Venerable Nestor the Chronicler be with us all.