Nestor mai ba da labari

Nestor the Chronicler ko kuma Nestor the Hagiographer (;  1056 –  1114) ya kasance sufi daga Kievan Rus wanda aka sani da ya rubuta saints' lives guda biyu: the Life of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Caves da Account about the Life and Martyrdom of the Blessed Passion Bearers Boris and Gleb.

Tarihin gargajiya ya kuma danganta shi da Tarihin Yau da kullum (PVL), tarihin da aka fi girmamawa na Kievan Rus', wanda ya ba shi laƙabi "Mai Tarihi". Amma masana da yawa na zamani sun kammala cewa ba shi ya rubuta littafin ba, saboda Tarihi da sanannun ayyukan Nestor ba su zo daidai ba, kuma sau da yawa suna sabawa juna dangane da salo da bayanai. Idan aka kawo gardamar marubucin littafin, wasu malamai sun fi son kiran shi Nestor "Hagiographer", don a bayyana shi tare da Tarihi biyu waɗanda suka yarda cewa ya rubuta.

 Tarihin rayuwa 
A shekarar 1073 AD, Nestor ya kasance sufi a majami'ar wurin bautan na Caves a Kiev.  Sauran cikakkun bayanai game da rayuwarsa da aka sani kuma aka aminci shine cewa an ba shi izini tare da wasu sufaye guda biyu don neman kayan tarihi na St. Theodosius na Kiev, aikin da ya kammala cikin nasara.  

Nestor ya mutu a kusa da 1114 kuma an binne shi a Near Caves. Cocin Orthodox na Gabas ya ɗaukaka shi a matsayin Mai tsarki. Jikin St. Nestor yana daga cikin abubuwan da aka adana a Kiev Pechersk Lavra . Ana yin bikin ranar cika cikin shi ne a ranar 27 ga Oktoba. Ana kuma tunawa da shi tare da sauran tsarkaka na Kiev Caves Lavra a ranar 28 ga Satumba (Synaxis na Venerable Shehunnai Kiev Caves) da kuma ranar Lahadi ta biyu na Babban Lent.  [<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span>]

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