He became a monk in his youth and became a disciple of Venerable Procopius the Decapolis. He devoted himself with all his being to monastic asceticism, so that when the time came, he would rise up against the iconoclasts and stand up for the veneration of holy icons. For this, he was captured and tortured severely. The iconoclasts scraped his entire body and neck, and then threw him into prison. His fellow martyr was his teacher, Saint Procopius of the Decapolis. When the iconoclasts, with their protector Emperor Leo the Isa-vrian, by God's providence, perished, together with Procopius he returned to the monastery, where he continued his former ascetic life. He inspired many sinners to repentance, both by his preaching and by his example. He reposed in peace at the end of the 8th century. ¬
His Homilitor Proterius. Hieromartyr Nestor. Saint Blessed Nicholas. Easter fasting.