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Venerable (Monastic) · 16th century

Venerable Nilus Abbot of Sora

Also known as Nil Sorsky · Nilus of Sora

A Russian monk who, after time on Mount Athos, founded a skete on the Sora River and taught the inner life of watchfulness and the prayer of the heart; a chief teacher of non-acquisitiveness among the Russian fathers.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints