†) St. Nektarios (Kephalas), metropolitan of Pentapolis; Martyrs Claudius, Castor, Sempronian and Nicostrat; Martyrs Onesiphorus and Porphyrius of Ephesus; St. Matrona, abbess of Constantinople
Orthodox Calendar, November 9 Saint Nektarios The great wonderworker of modern times, was born Anastasius Kephalas in Selebria, Thrace on October 1, 1846. Since his family was poor, Anastasius went to Constantinople when he was…