Nil Sorsky
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 516 years ago |
Born | Moscow |
Russia | |
Date of died | May 7,1508 |
Feast | May 7 |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Eastern Catholicism | |
Books | Nil Sorsky: The Authentic Writings |
Nil Sorsky | |
Date of birth | January 1,1433 |
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ID | 1156465 |
Nil Sorsky Life story
Nil Sorsky became a leader of a tendency in the medieval Russian Orthodox Church known as the Non-possessors (nestyazhateli) which opposed ecclesiastic landownership. The Russian Orthodox Church venerates Nil Sorsky as a saint, marking his feast day on the anniversary of his repose on 7 May.