Saints of Orthodoxy

St. Nilusof Sora

Venerable· Green: Colour of the Holy Spirit and eternal life

“Following the command of Saint Nilus, the monks had to sustain themselves by the work of their own hands, to accept charity only in extreme need...”
St. Nilus of Sora

Dates of commemoration for saint

Synaxes & other dates of commemoration

Birth

1433

Russian principality

Death

7 May (20 May) 1508

Tsardom of Russia

Life path

  • Nobleman
  • Monk
  • Author
  • Theologian

Undertakings & Callings

  • Labor
  • Asceticism
  • Founding a monastery

Places

  • Palestine
  • Mount Athos

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