Venerable
Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora († 1508)
In Russian: Прп. Нила Сорского (1508)
In Church Slavonic: Прпⷣбнагѡ ні́ла со́рскагѡ (1508)
Born: 1433. Died: 1508
Feast days
2026
Old calendar
- (7 May on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
2027
Old calendar
- (7 May on the Old calendar), repose
New calendar
- , repose
Also commemorated on 20 May 2026
- Wednesday of the 6th week after Pascha. Apodosis of Pascha
- Commemoration of the Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross Over Jerusalem in 351 AD
- Martyr Acacius the Centurion at Byzantium († 303)
- Saint John Zedazeni and his Twelve Disciples: Abibus, Bishop of Nekressi, Anthony of Martkob, David of Gareji, Zeno of Ikalto, Thaddeus of Stepantsmind, Jesse of Tsilkani, Joseph, bishop of Alaverdi, Isidore of Samtavno, Michael of Ulompo, Pyrrhus of Breta, Stephen of Khirsa, and Shio Mgvime, in Georgia (6th C)
- Uncovering of the relics (1815) of Venerable Nilus the Myrrh-gusher of Mt. Athos
- Icons of the Mother of God: “Zhirovitskaya” and “Liubechskaya”