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Nil Sorsky

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Gender Male
Death516 years ago
Born Moscow
Russia
Date of died May 7,1508
FeastMay 7
Venerated inEastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Catholicism
BooksNil Sorsky: The Authentic Writings
Nil Sorsky
Date of birth January 1,1433
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1156465
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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.

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