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	In 1906 Nilus married Yelena Alexandrovna Ozerova, who had served as a lady-in-waiting to [[Alexandra Fyodorovna (Alix of Hesse)\|Alexandra Feodorovna]], last empress of Russia. In 1907, Nilus moved to [[Optina Monastery]], where he lived until 1912. During this time he published several books on spiritual topics, including his most famous work (other than ''Velikoe v malom''): ''On the Bank of God's River'', a portrait of his years at Optina and of the many Orthodox [[Starets]] living there. During this timeframe, Nilus was given the papers of [[Nikolay Motovilov]], a Russian landowner and [[Fool for Christ]] who was a disciple of St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]]. Nilus published one of these manuscripts as "A Wonderful Revelation to the World: the Conversation of St. Seraphim with Nicholas Alexandrovich Motovilov on the acquisition of the Holy Spirit."<ref>[http://www.stseraphim.org/wonderfulrevelation.html St. Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral - St. Seraphim of Sarov: A Wonderful Revelation to the World<!-- bot-generated title -->] at www.stseraphim.org</ref> This manuscript would become one of the most oft-read Orthodox texts of modern times. In 1912 a report was received by the [[Holy Synod]] that Nilus was living at the monastery with his wife (though the Niluses were not actually living within the monastery, but rather as guests in a small house nearby), and Nilus was ordered by the Synod to leave Optina.		In 1906 Nilus married Yelena Alexandrovna Ozerova, who had served as a lady-in-waiting to [[Alexandra Fyodorovna (Alix of Hesse)\|Alexandra Feodorovna]], last empress of Russia. In 1907, Nilus moved to [[Optina Monastery]], where he lived until 1912. During this time he published several books on spiritual topics, including his most famous work (other than ''Velikoe v malom''): ''On the Bank of God's River'', a portrait of his years at Optina and of the many Orthodox [[Starets]] living there. During this timeframe, Nilus was given the papers of [[Nikolay Motovilov]], a Russian landowner and [[Fool for Christ]] who was a disciple of St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]]. Nilus published one of these manuscripts as "A Wonderful Revelation to the World: the Conversation of St. Seraphim with Nicholas Alexandrovich Motovilov on the acquisition of the Holy Spirit."<ref>[http://www.stseraphim.org/wonderfulrevelation.html St. Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral - St. Seraphim of Sarov: A Wonderful Revelation to the World<!-- bot-generated title -->] at www.stseraphim.org</ref> This manuscript would become one of the most oft-read Orthodox texts of modern times. In 1912 a report was received by the [[Holy Synod]] that Nilus was living at the monastery with his wife (though the Niluses were not actually living within the monastery, but rather as guests in a small house nearby), and Nilus was ordered by the Synod to leave Optina.

	Nilus circulated several editions of ''the Protocols'' in Russia during the first decade of the twentieth century. Though the early prints were in Russian, ''the Protocols'' were quickly spread to the rest of [[Europe]] by Russian expatriates after the 1917 revolution. Some of them claimed that they provided proof that the ~~Jews~~ were behind the [[October Revolution\|Russian Revolution]]. By the time Nilus died, Europe had been saturated by millions of copies of ''the Protocols''.		Nilus circulated several editions of ''the Protocols'' in Russia during the first decade of the twentieth century. Though the early prints were in Russian, ''the Protocols'' were quickly spread to the rest of [[Europe]] by Russian expatriates after the 1917 revolution. Some of them claimed that they provided proof that the jews were behind the [[October Revolution\|Russian Revolution]]. By the time Nilus died, Europe had been saturated by millions of copies of ''the Protocols''.

	Under the new Soviet government, Sergei Nilus was arrested and briefly imprisoned in 1924, 1925 and 1927. He died on January 14, 1929, after a heart attack. In the USSR, possession of Nilus' books was punished by up to 10 years of imprisonment, as "running anti-Soviet propaganda by keeping anti-Soviet literature".		Under the new Soviet government, Sergei Nilus was arrested and briefly imprisoned in 1924, 1925 and 1927. He died on January 14, 1929, after a heart attack. In the USSR, possession of Nilus' books was punished by up to 10 years of imprisonment, as "running anti-Soviet propaganda by keeping anti-Soviet literature".

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[[Image:Serge Nilus 2 Wrk.jpg|thumb|300px|Sergei Nilus]]
'''Sergei Aleksandrovich Nilus''' (also '''Sergiei''', '''Sergyei''', '''Sergius''', '''Serge'''; {{lang-ru|Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Ни́лус}}; b. 9 September [[[O.S.]] 28 August] 1862 in [[Moscow]]; d. 14 January 1929 in Krutets village, Vladimir Oblast, [[USSR]]) was a Russian religious writer and self-described [[mysticism|mystic]].

He was responsible for publishing for the first time "in full" ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]'' in [[Russia]] in 1905. It appeared as the final chapter of his book ''Velikoe v malom i antikhrist, kak blizkaja politicheskaja vozmozhnost. Zapiski pravoslavnogo'' (''The Great within the Small and Antichrist, an Imminent Political Possibility. Notes of an Orthodox Believer''), about the coming of the [[Antichrist]]. An allegedly abridged version had been published in 1903 in the newspaper [[Znamya (newspaper)|''Znamya'']].

==Life==
[[Image:1905 2fnl Velikoe v malom i antikhrist.jpg|300px|thumb|Velikoe v malom i antikhrist (1905 edition)]]
The son of Alexander Petrovich Nilus, from a family of [[Swiss]] immigrants, Nilus was a landowner in the governorate of [[Oryol|Orel]]. He studied [[law]] and graduated from the [[University of Moscow]], and was a magistrate in [[Transcaucasia]]. He later moved to [[Biarritz]], living there with a mistress named Natalya Komarovskaya until his estates went bankrupt and she broke off their relationship. Though he was raised in the [[Russian Orthodox]] faith, Nilus did not seem to care much about religion until an accident with his horse caused him to recall an unfulfilled childhood vow to visit the [[Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra]]. Later he met St. [[John of Kronstadt]], whom he credited with healing a throat infection and turning him fully back to his native faith.

In 1901 or 1902, Nilus published his book ''Velikoe v malom i antikhrist, kak blizkaja politicheskaja vozmozhnost. Zapiski pravoslavnogo'' (''The Great within the Small and Antichrist, an Imminent Political Possibility. Notes of an Orthodox Believer''). The text of the ''Protocols'' appeared as Chapter Twelve of the 1905 edition of this book. A secret investigation ordered by the newly-appointed chairman of the Council of Ministers [[Pyotr Stolypin]] soon determined that the ''Protocols'' had first appeared in Paris in antisemitic circles around 1897–1898.

In 1906 Nilus married Yelena Alexandrovna Ozerova, who had served as a lady-in-waiting to [[Alexandra Fyodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra Feodorovna]], last empress of Russia. In 1907, Nilus moved to [[Optina Monastery]], where he lived until 1912. During this time he published several books on spiritual topics, including his most famous work (other than ''Velikoe v malom''): ''On the Bank of God's River'', a portrait of his years at Optina and of the many Orthodox [[Starets]] living there. During this timeframe, Nilus was given the papers of [[Nikolay Motovilov]], a Russian landowner and [[Fool for Christ]] who was a disciple of St. [[Seraphim of Sarov]]. Nilus published one of these manuscripts as "A Wonderful Revelation to the World: the Conversation of St. Seraphim with Nicholas Alexandrovich Motovilov on the acquisition of the Holy Spirit."<ref>[http://www.stseraphim.org/wonderfulrevelation.html St. Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral - St. Seraphim of Sarov: A Wonderful Revelation to the World] at www.stseraphim.org</ref> This manuscript would become one of the most oft-read Orthodox texts of modern times. In 1912 a report was received by the [[Holy Synod]] that Nilus was living at the monastery with his wife (though the Niluses were not actually living within the monastery, but rather as guests in a small house nearby), and Nilus was ordered by the Synod to leave Optina.

Nilus circulated several editions of ''the Protocols'' in Russia during the first decade of the twentieth century. Though the early prints were in Russian, ''the Protocols'' were quickly spread to the rest of [[Europe]] by Russian expatriates after the 1917 revolution. Some of them claimed that they provided proof that the Jews were behind the [[October Revolution|Russian Revolution]]. By the time Nilus died, Europe had been saturated by millions of copies of ''the Protocols''.

Under the new Soviet government, Sergei Nilus was arrested and briefly imprisoned in 1924, 1925 and 1927. He died on January 14, 1929, after a heart attack. In the USSR, possession of Nilus' books was punished by up to 10 years of imprisonment, as "running anti-Soviet propaganda by keeping anti-Soviet literature".

== Works ==

* ''[[Velikoe v malom i antikhrist]], kak blizkaia politicheskaia vozmozhnost. Zapiski pravoslavnago.'' [Russian title romanized] (''The Great within the Small and Antichrist, an Imminent Political Possibility. Notes of an Orthodox Believer'') (TSarskoe Selo, Tip. TSarskoselskago Komiteta Krasnago Kresta, 1905) [imprint], 2. izd. ispr. i dop. [edition], 417 pp., including at Ch. XII:
** ''Protocoly sobran??ii S?ionskikh mudretsov: str.'' [title romanized] ''[[Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion]]'' [title [[transliterated]] into English]
*''Na beregu Bozhiei reki (On the Bank Of God's River)''
**Reprinted by Orthodox Christian Books and Icons, San Francisco, Calif., 1969
*''Holiness Under a Bushel''
*''The Power of God and the Weakness of Man''
*''The Optina Elder Theodosius''
*''The Wheat and the Tares'', Published 1908 by Holy Trinity-St. Sergeius Lavra

== External links ==
* Alexandre du Chayla: [http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/nilus_s/chayla.html Nilus and the Protocols]
* [http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/protocols.html History of the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion]
* [http://www.stjohnthebaptist.org.au/articles/way-nilus.html Favorable biography of Nilus]
* Michael Hagemeister [https://web.archive.org/web/20120206043940/http://histsem.unibas.ch/seminar/personen/person-details/profil/person/hagemeister/ The Protocols of the Elders of Zion: Between History and Fiction]
*[http://www.colchestercollection.com/titles/chunk/P/the-protocols/title-page.html The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion]. A free ebook, available in HTML, PDF, EPUB, and MOBI formats.
== References ==
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[[Category:1862 births]]
[[Category:1929 deaths]]
[[Category:Swiss people]]
[[Category:Russian writers]]
[[Category:Russian monarchists]]
[[Category:Anti-Masonry]]
[[Category:Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]
[[Category:Jewish Russian and Soviet history]]
[[Category:Mystics]]

[[Category:Anti-Masonry]]
[[Category:Anti-Semitism]]