Ὁ Ἅγιος Μάρτυς Νέστορας καταγόταν ἀπὸ τὴν Πέργη τῆς Παμφυλίας τῆς Μικρᾶς Ἀσίας καὶ ἔζησε κατὰ τοὺς χρόνους τοῦ βασιλέως Δεκίου (249 – 251 μ.Χ.) καὶ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος Ποπλίου. Γεννήθηκε ἀπὸ εὐσεβεῖς καὶ φιλόθεους γονεῖς καὶ ἀφοῦ ἔμαθε ἀπὸ αὐτοὺς τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα, ἀποστόμωνε τοὺς Ἕλληνες μὲ τὶς θεῖες γραφὲς καὶ ὁδηγοῦσε πολλοὺς πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθεια. Ὅμως κατηγορήθηκε ὅτι ἦταν Χριστιανός, συνελήφθη ἀπὸ τὸν Ἄρχοντα Εἰρήναρχο καὶ ὁδηγήθηκε στὸν ἡγεμόνα, ἐνώπιον τοῦ ὁποίου ὁμολόγησε τὸν Χριστὸ ὡς Θεὸ ἀληθινὸ καὶ Δημιουργὸ τοῦ κόσμου. Τὸ μαρτύριο ἄρχισε. Πρῶτα τὸν κτύπησαν μέχρι θανάτου. Ἔπειτα τὸν ἔγδαραν καὶ τέλος, ἐπειδὴ δὲν ἀρνιόταν τὸν Χριστό, τὸν κάρφωσαν πάνω σὲ σταυρό. Καὶ ὅσο ἦταν κρεμασμένος δίδασκε στοὺς παρευρισκόμενους τὴν ὁδὸ τῆς ἀλήθειας. Ἔτσι, δοξολογώντας τὸν Θεό, ἐξέπνευσε καὶ ἔλαβε τὸ στέφανο τοῦ μαρτυρίου. If you like our project and you are satisfied with our work and effort, please consider making a donation that would help us to survive on the Internet and in further development of the project.
Our goals are:
- At least for the next ten years to ensure the survival on the Internet by reserving quality servers,
- To rent one domain in every language in which the project has been translated,
- To translate the calendar in Italian, Polish and Armenian language, as soon as possible
- To work towards the further development of the project, adapting it for mobile devices and modern technologies
- To do the annual calendar, display showing the liturgical readings per week
- To supplement existing content
- To do a completely new approach with banners and a small calendars for other sites,
- To do good application for desktop computers ...
There are many other ways to help...