Saint Nilus (other)

	Saint Nilus (other) Saint Nilus may refer to: Nilus of Palestine (3rd century) Nilus of Sinai (Nilus the Elder) (d. c. 430) * Nilus the Younger (Nilus of Rossano) (910 – 1005) Nilus of Sora (c. 1433 – 1508) Nilus the Myrrh-streamer (Nilus the Myrrh-gusher) (1601 – 1651) Nilus of Stolbnyi Island (16th century) St. Nilus Island Skete Agios Nilos, Mount Athos Agios Nilos (also spelled Agios Neilos; el, Άγιος Νείλος) is the name of an area of Mount Athos that belongs to the Monastery of Great Lavra. It is located on the southeastern side of Mount Athos. It is named after Saint Nilos the Myr ... , a monastic settlement named after Nilus the Myrrh-streamer {{hndis, Nilus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nilus Of Palestine Nilus of Palestine was an early Christian martyr. An Egyptian bishop, Nilus was one of four Christians who led Mass for the persecuted Christians condemned to work in the Palestinian quarries in the wake of the Diocletianic Persecution. When the Roman emperor Galerius learned of this, he had Nilus burned alive along with the other leaders (Peleus, Elias and Patermutius), and the Christians dispersed to mines in Cyprus and Lebanon. He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox Church. See also Diocletianic Persecution The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. In 303, the emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius issued a series of edicts rescinding Christians' legal rights ... References Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian 4th-century Christian martyrs {{Christian-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nilus Of Sinai Saint Nilus the Elder of Sinai (also known as Neilos, Nilus of Sinai, Nilus of Ancyra; born 4th century; died 12 November 430 or 451) was one of the many disciples and stalwart defenders of St. John Chrysostom. Life A native of Constantinople, Nilus was a layman, married, with two children. As a relatively young man, he was appointed eparch of the city. He was a disciple of the patriarch, John Chrysostom (before his first exile: 398-403). he directed Nilus in the study of Scripture and in works of piety. Chrysostom had a profound Influence on Nilus and his wife, and sometime between 390 and or 404, the couple decided to part and each pursue the monastic life. Nilus left with his son, Theodulos, and went to Mount Sinai to be a monk. His wife and daughter went to a women's monastery in Egypt. Nilus and his son were at Sinai until about the year 410 when Saracens raiders captured Theodulos and took him prisoner. They eventually sold him as a slave, and he came into the possession of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nilus The Younger Nilus the Younger, also called Neilos of Rossano ( it, Nilo di Rossano, gr, Όσιος Νείλος, ο εκ Καλαβρίας; 910 – 27 December 1005) was a monk, abbot, and founder of Italo-Byzantine monasticism in southern Italy. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, and his feast day is celebrated on September 26 in both the Byzantine Calendar and the Roman Martyrology. Biography Born to an Italian family of Byzantine rite ("Greek rite") of Rossano, in the Byzantine theme of Calabria, for a time he was married and had a daughter. Sickness brought about his conversion, however, and from that time he became a monk and a propagator of the rule of Saint Basil in Italy.Fortescue, Adrian. "Nilus the Younger." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nilus Of Sora Nil Sorsky (russian: Нил Сорский, also Nilus of Sora and Nil Sorski; birth name: Nikolai Maikov (russian: Николай Майков) ( – 1508) 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. Early life Nilus of Sora, a great ascetic of the Russian Church, was descended from the Maikov nobility. Before becoming a monk, Nil Sorsky worked as a scribe and was engaged in book copying. He also journeyed to Palestine and Greece early in his life and was acquainted there with the Hesychast movement. Later in his life, he took monastic vows at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery, which had been known for its hostile stance towards monastic landownership. The founder of the monastery – Saint Kirill of Beloozero – was himsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nilus The Myrrh-streamer Saint Nilus the Myrrh-streamer, also known as Nilos/Nilus the Myrrh-gusher, Nilus of Kynouria, or Nilus the Myroblyte ( el, Άγιος Νείλος ο Μυροβλήτης; born , died 1651), was an Orthodox Christian ascetic who lived at Mount Athos. He was a monk at the Monastery of Great Lavra who spent much of his life as a hermit at the southern tip of the Athos Peninsula. His feast day is commemorated on November 12 according to the Julian calendar. Biography He was born Nikolaos Terzakis ( el, Νικόλαος Τερζάκης) around 1601 in a village called Agios Petros of Kynouria in Morea (Peloponnese), Greece. His parents died when he was young. After their death, he was cared for by his uncle, Hieromonk Macarius (or Makarios). As a young man, he took his monastic vows and was soon ordained, first as a hierodeacon, and then as a hieromonk at the in Kynouria. Together with his uncle Macarius, they lived as ascetics on Mount Athos. After the death of Macarius, Nilus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Stolbnyi Island Stolobny Island is an island on Lake Seliger in the Tver Oblast of Russia, about north of the town of Ostashkov. Nilov Monastery The island is the home of Nilov Monastery, which was founded by Saint Nilus in 1594, and previously welcomed up to 40,000 pilgrims each year. Most of the buildings of the monastery were built in the 18th and 19th Centuries in a neoclassical style. Today the monastery complex remains one of the most impressive ensembles of Neoclassical architecture in Eastern Europe. Some of its churches date back to the 17th century. A graceful embankment was completed by 1812, and a large cathedral was built in 1821-25. The construction of the causeway to the island was completed in 1812. The Nilov Monastery was one of the largest and wealthiest monasteries in the Russian Empire. Origin of name Regarding the name of the island - "Stolobny" - there are two versions. At first, it got its name because of its shape, like a pole, and the second, is that there was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]