Old Believer
C39445
concept
An Old Believer is a member of a group of Eastern Orthodox Christians who rejected the 17th-century liturgical reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church and maintained older religious practices and traditions.
Observed surface forms (4)
- Old Believer confession ×1
- Old Believer group ×1
- Old Believer sect ×1
- Old Believers leader ×1
Instances (6)
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Boyarina Feodosia Morozova
surface form: Feodosia Morozova
- Popovtsy via concept surface "Old Believer group"
- Pomortsy via concept surface "Old Believer confession"
- Protopope Avvakum via concept surface "Old Believers leader"
- Fedoseevtsy via concept surface "Old Believer sect"
- Avvakum Petrov