ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY All Saints celebrated on the 26th of February WELCOME! SAINT NESTOR OF MAGYDOS, BISHOP AND MARTYR Saint Nestor, a holy bishop of Magydis (Magydos, Maiylus) died a martyr at Perge on Kestros in Pamphylia. (That he was bishop of Sida, as some contend, is not evident from the records.) DAY AND NIGHT HE PRAYED FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHRIST'S FLOCK Day and night he prayed for the protection of Christ's flock. With admirable frankness and boldness he confessed him as Lord and God before the judge. He was held in such high esteem by the pagans for his gentleness and his faultless and just behaviour that both the prefect Irenarchus and the governor Pollio initially treated him with all honour and tried in every way to persuade him to obey the emperor Decius and sacrifice to the gods, because they knew that the shepherd would soon be followed by the flock. HE DEMONSTRATED WHAT IS EXPECTED OF A PIOUS BISHOP Even when he was capture...