Nil Sorsky
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 517 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.