Nilus of Sora

Nil Sorsky (also Nilus of Sora or Nil Sorski; Russian: Нил Сорский; born Nikolai Maikov; Russian: Николай Майков; c. 1433 – 7 May 1508) became a leader of a tendency in the late 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.