Back نيلوس من سورا ARZ Nil Sorský Czech Nil Sorski German Nil de la Sora French Szórai Szent Nilus Hungarian Nilo di Sora Italian Nilus Sorensis Latin Нил Сорски Macedonian Nil Sorski Polish Нил Сорский Russian
Nilus of Sora | |
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 An old Russian icon of St Nil Sorsky | |
| Venerable | |
| Born | 1433 Moscow |
| Died | 7 May 1508 |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Canonized | 1903 by Russian Orthodox Church |
| Major shrine | St. Nilus of Sora Hermitage |
| Feast | May 7 |
| Controversy | nestyazhateli |
| Influenced | Vassian Patrikeyev, Maximus the Greek Theology career |
| Notable work | The Rule (Ustav) The Tradition (Predanie) |
| Theological work | |
| Tradition or movement | Hesychasm |
| Main interests | Ascetcism, Monasticism Mysticism, Theosis |
| Notable ideas | nestyazhateli |
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.