Old Calendarist movement

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Eastern Orthodox traditionalist movement religious movement

The Old Calendarist movement is a traditionalist Eastern Orthodox faction that rejects the revised church calendar and often espouses a rigorist, separatist stance toward mainstream Orthodoxy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Orthodox traditionalist movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
claimsContinuityWith	pre-reform Eastern Orthodox practice ⓘ
contrastsWith	New Calendarist Orthodox Churches NERFINISHED ⓘ
disciplinaryEmphasis	strict approach to church canons ⓘ strict fasting rules ⓘ
doctrineStanceOnCalendarReformers	often regards calendar reformers as schismatic ⓘ
doctrineStanceOnEcumenism	generally anti-ecumenist ⓘ
doctrineStanceOnSacraments	often questions validity of sacraments in mainstream Orthodoxy ⓘ
emergedInCentury	20th century ⓘ
emergedInContextOf	calendar reforms in Eastern Orthodox Churches ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ diaspora communities ⓘ
hasBranch	Bulgarian Old Calendarist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Old Calendarist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanian Old Calendarist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Old Calendarist groups NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainCharacteristic	adherence to the Julian calendar ⓘ ecclesiastical rigorism ⓘ liturgical conservatism ⓘ rejection of the Revised Julian calendar ⓘ separatist ecclesiology ⓘ
hasSchisms	multiple internal schisms over ecclesiology and ecumenism ⓘ
internalCharacteristic	high degree of fragmentation ⓘ multiple non-communing synods ⓘ
languageOfWorship	often uses traditional liturgical languages ⓘ
liturgicalPractice	celebration of fixed feasts according to the Julian calendar ⓘ traditional Eastern Orthodox rites ⓘ
opposes	adoption of the Gregorian calendar for fixed feasts ⓘ calendar reform in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
rejectsCalendar	Gregorian calendar for liturgical use ⓘ Revised Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Bulgarian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
selfIdentification	Genuine Orthodox NERFINISHED ⓘ True Orthodox NERFINISHED ⓘ
theologicalOrientation	conservative ⓘ traditionalist ⓘ
usesCalendar	Julian calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
viewsOnMainstreamOrthodoxy	often considers mainstream Orthodox Churches compromised ⓘ
viewsOnModernism	opposes theological and liturgical modernism ⓘ

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Orthodoxy or Death → associatedWith → Old Calendarist movement ⓘ