Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church

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The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church is a traditionalist Eastern Orthodox body that preserves the pre-reform Russian liturgical practices and rituals rejected by the main Russian Orthodox Church after the 17th-century Nikonian reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox church body
Old Believer church
associatedWith Old Ritualist communities in Russia
country Russia
denominationalFamily Old Believers NERFINISHED
differsFrom Russian Orthodox Church in liturgical practices
Russian Orthodox Church in ritual customs
follows Julian calendar NERFINISHED
governingStructure episcopal polity
hasClergy priested Old Believers
hasDiscipline strict rules on icon veneration
traditional rules on clergy dress
traditional rules on lay piety and behavior
hasEthnicTradition Russian
hasFeastCalendar traditional Russian Orthodox feast days according to Julian calendar
hasHeadTitle Metropolitan
hasMonasticTradition Old-Rite monasticism
hasOrientation conservative
traditionalist
hasPractice strict adherence to traditional fasting rules
use of pre-reform Russian typikon
use of traditional Russian Orthodox liturgical vestments
hasTheology traditionalist Eastern Orthodox theology
hasViewOnSacraments accepts seven sacraments
hasViewOnScripture accepts canonical books of the Eastern Orthodox Bible
historicalOriginPeriod post-Nikonian schism in the Russian Orthodox Church
languageOfLiturgy Church Slavonic NERFINISHED
liturgicalRite Russian Orthodox Old Rite NERFINISHED
opposes modern liturgical reforms
preserves pre-reform Russian Orthodox rituals
pre-reform Russian chant traditions
traditional Russian iconographic style
regardsNikonianReformsAs departure from ancient Russian Orthodox tradition
unwarranted innovations
rejects Nikonian liturgical reforms
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
selfIdentification true continuation of pre-reform Russian Orthodoxy
separatedFrom Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
sharesDoctrineWith mainstream Eastern Orthodoxy on dogmatic issues
uses Znamenny chant in worship NERFINISHED
old-style Russian Orthodox church architecture
pre-Nikonian Russian liturgical books
usesSignOfCross two-finger sign of the cross

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Lipovans religiousAffiliation Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church
Lipovan Russians religion Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church
Lipovan Russians religiousOrganization Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church
this entity surface form: Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church of Romania