Short vita of Saint Nil

Service to Saint Nil of Sora  
 

Troparion to Saint Nil of Sora

Acatist to Saint Nil of Sora  

Works by Saint Nil

• The tradition to the disciples and the Rule of skete by our holy Father Nil of Sora of skete life

• Saint Nil of Sora. How sins arise in people (from his "Rule of skete life")

• Epistles by Saint Nil

  • Foreword to the Russian translation

  • First epistle. Epistle of the great skete starets [Nil] to his brother, asking him about intentions

  • Second epistle. Epistle of the same starets Nil to another [brother] on profit [of soul]

  • Third epistle. Epistle of the same great starets Nil to brother, asking to write him for the profit of his soul

• Foreword to the “Sobornik” ("Collection [of the lifes of the Church fathers]")

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The Monastery of St. Nil of Sora:

• The map of the Monastery of St. Nil of Sora (in Russian)  
   

• Another map of the Monastery of St. Nil of Sora  
   

• In the past

• Today

Articles about Saint Nil of Sora

• Nil of Sora (from the Brockhaus-Efron Encyclopedia) (in Russian)

• Romanenko E. V. The History of the Canonization of Saint Nil of Sora (in Russian)

• Romanenko E. V. St. Nil of Sora and the Traditions of the Russian Monasticism: The Scete of St. Nil of Sora as a Unique Phenomenon of Russian Monastic Culture in the XV-XVII Centuries (in Russian)

• Miniaeva A. The Monastery of St. Nil of Sora (from the article "Pilgrimage to the Nord of Russia") (in Russian)  
   

• Romanenko E. V. On the Liturgical Rule of the Skete of St. Nil of Sora (From the article “St. Nil of Sora”) (in Russian)

• Metropolitan Makary. From his HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH (in Russian)

• Saint Ignaty Brianchaninov on Saint Nil of Sora (in Russian)

• Kostomarov N. I. Saint Nil of Sora and Prince Vassian Patrikeev (in Russian)

• Zenkovsky V. V. From his book HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHY (in Russian)

• Fedotov G. From his book SAINTS OF OLD RUSSIA (Chapter 10. Saint Nil of Sora) (in Russian)

• Kartashev A. V. Saint Nil of Sora) (in Russian)  
   

• Vasilenko L. I. "Possessors" and "Non-Possessors" (in Russian)  
   

• Skrynnikov R. G. From his book "THE THIRD ROME " (in Russian)

• Alexeev A. I. Church and State in Russia from the XV to the Beginning of XVI Centuries (The Early Period of the Josephite Idea and Non-Possessors) (Paper for dissertation) (in Russian)

• Lenngren T. P. The great elder Nil of Sora (in Russian)

• Pliguzov A. The teaching of the early "Non-Possessors" in historical perspective: From “Tradition to the disciples” by St. Nil of Sora to amortization measures of John IV (in Russian)

• Cherenkova O. N. Saint Nil of Sora and His Works (Aspects of His Teaching) (in Russian)

• Archimandrite Serge (Savel'ev). We Aspired to Comprehend Our Church History (in Russian)

• Fon Lilienfeld F. Some Reasons of Stopping Researches on St. Nil of Sora and on His Role in the History (in Russian)

• Pankratov A. Saint Nil of Sora, the Bell of Silence (in Russian)

• Alexeev N. N. Russian People and State (in Russian)

• Materials for the Vita of Blessed Theodorite, Enlightener of Lopars (1481-1571), One of Successors of the Spiritual Tradition of Saint Nil of Sora and Trans-Volga Starets (in Russian)

• The Non-Possessors as a Protest Against Wealth (in Russian)

• Ivanova E. East and West Meet in Bose (in Russian)

• Suvorov E. The Church on the Hill (in Russian)

• A History of the Town of Kirillov (in Russian)

• Kozhanov V. V. [Saint Nil of Sora and Bakhtin] (from an article "Short notes on Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin") (in Russian)  
   

• Makarov S. The Elder (in Russian)

• Arkhipova S. From her article THE ECOLOGY OF MONASTERIES (in Russian)

• A Short Vita (in Russian)

• Another Short Vita (in Russian)

• Another Short Vita (in Russian)

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