Nilus of Sora | |
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| Born | 1433 Moscow |
| Died | 7 May 1508 |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Canonized | 1903 by Russian Orthodox Church |
| Feast | May 7 |
Nilus of Sora (also Nil Sorsky or Nil Sorski; Russian: Нил Сорский; secular name: Nikolai Maikov; Russian: Николай Майков; c. 1433 – 7 May 1508)[1] was a Russian Orthodox monk, spiritual writer, theologian, and the founder of the Sora Hermitage. He is best known as the founder of a tendency in the Russian Orthodox Church known as the non-possessors (nestyazhateli) which opposed ecclesiastic landownership.[2] The Russian Orthodox Church venerates Nilus as a saint, marking his feast day on the anniversary of his repose on 7 May.[3]
- ^ Terras, Victor (1 January 1985). Handbook of Russian Literature. Yale University Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-300-04868-1.
- ^ On Nil Sorsky, see David M. Goldfrank, "Recentering Nil Sorskii: The Evidence from the Sources," Russian Review 66, No. 3 (2007): 359–376.
- ^ (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Νεῖλος ἐκ Ρωσίας. 7 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.