Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church

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The Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church was a 17th-century religious split in Russia, when reforms to church rituals and texts led to a lasting division between the official church and the dissenting Old Believers.

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instanceOf event in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church
historical event
religious schism
alsoKnownAs Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Raskol

Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Russian Church Schism
country Tsardom of Russia
describedBySource Russian church chronicles
modern scholarship on Russian religious history
writings of Avvakum
endTime no formal end; division persists
fieldOfWork church history
hasCause changes to church rituals and ceremonies
liturgical reforms of Patriarch Nikon
revisions of Russian Orthodox service books
hasEffect development of separate Old Believer hierarchy in later centuries
division between official Russian Orthodox Church and Old Believers
formation of Old Believer communities
migration of Old Believers to remote regions of Russia
persecution of Old Believers
social marginalization of Old Believer communities
hasPart change in spelling and pronunciation of the name of Jesus in liturgical texts
reform of the sign of the cross from two fingers to three fingers
revision of the number of alleluias in certain chants
standardization of rituals with contemporary Greek Orthodox practice
location Russia
mainSubject Old Believers
Russian Orthodox Church
opposedBy Old Believers
traditionalist clergy in Russia
partOf history of Christianity in Russia
history of Eastern Orthodoxy
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
result creation of Old Ritualist movements
emergence of priestly and priestless Old Believer groups
long-term fragmentation within Russian Orthodoxy
significantPerson Avvakum Petrov
Boyarina Feodosia Morozova
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
Tsar Alexis of Russia
surface form: Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia
startTime 1650s
circa 1652
supportedBy Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
surface form: Patriarch Nikon

Tsar Alexis of Russia
surface form: Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
timePeriod 17th century

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Alexis of Russia notableEvent Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
Tsardom of Russia religiousEvent Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Raskol (schism in Russian Orthodoxy)
Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church alsoKnownAs Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Raskol
Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church alsoKnownAs Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Church Schism
Old Believers historicalEvent Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Raskol (schism) in the Russian Orthodox Church
government of Tsar Alexis of Russia significantEvent Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow movement Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox reform movement
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow participantIn Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
this entity surface form: Raskol