Old Believers
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Old Believers are traditionalist Eastern Orthodox Christians who rejected the 17th-century liturgical reforms in Russia and preserved older rites, practices, and church traditions.
Statements (78)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Christian denomination
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Eastern Orthodox Christian group → religious movement → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Russia
NERFINISHED
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| ethnicContext |
Russian
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| faced |
forced conversions and repression under Tsarist rule
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legal disabilities in Imperial Russia → persecution by Russian Orthodox Church hierarchy → persecution by Russian state authorities in the 17th century → |
| followsCalendar |
Julian calendar
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| hasApproximatePopulation |
hundreds of thousands worldwide
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| hasBelief |
emphasis on continuity with ancient Church tradition
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importance of old liturgical chant traditions → preservation of traditional Eastern Orthodox practices → rejection of certain Western influences in Russian Orthodoxy → rejection of revised liturgical books → rejection of three-finger sign of the cross → strict adherence to traditional fasting rules → use of two-finger sign of the cross → veneration of pre-reform icons → view of Nikonian reforms as heretical → |
| hasCause |
rejection of Patriarch Nikon's liturgical reforms
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| hasDoctrineStatus |
considered schismatic by official Russian Orthodox Church
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| hasKeyFigure |
Boyarynya Feodosia Morozova
NERFINISHED
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Patriarch Nikon (as opponent) → Protopope Avvakum → |
| hasLegalStatus |
granted religious toleration in Russian Empire in late 19th century
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legally recognized in modern Russian Federation → |
| hasPart |
Belokrinitskaya hierarchy
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Bespopovtsy → Fedoseevtsy NERFINISHED → Filippians → Pomortsy → Popovtsy → Various priestless communities → Various priestly communities → |
| hasPopulation |
Argentina
NERFINISHED
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Australia → Baltic states → Belarus → Brazil → Canada → Central Asia → Kazakhstan NERFINISHED → Moldova NERFINISHED → Romania → Russia NERFINISHED → Russian Far East → Siberia NERFINISHED → Ukraine → United States NERFINISHED → |
| hasPractice |
beard-wearing for men in many communities
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communal village life in some regions → conservative dress codes in many communities → endogamous marriage patterns in some groups → icon veneration according to pre-reform standards → maintenance of separate parishes from official Russian Orthodox Church → preservation of archaic Russian language features in liturgy → rejection of tobacco and alcohol in some communities → strict observance of feasts and fasts → use of old-style Russian chant (znamenny chant) → use of old-style baptismal and sacramental formulas → use of pre-reform service books → use of traditional Russian church architecture forms → |
| historicalEvent |
Raskol (schism) in the Russian Orthodox Church
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| influenced |
Russian folk culture and art
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Russian liturgical music history → Russian religious dissent traditions → preservation of medieval Russian iconography → |
| opposedTo |
Patriarch Nikon's reforms
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Russian Orthodox Church reforms of the 1650s–1660s → |
| recognizedAs |
traditionalist branch of Russian Orthodoxy
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| religion |
Eastern Orthodoxy
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| separatedFrom |
Russian Orthodox Church
NERFINISHED
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| startTime |
17th century
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| timeOfSchism |
1650s–1660s
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| usesLanguage |
Church Slavonic
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| usesRite |
pre-Nikonian Russian Orthodox rite
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
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mainSubject |
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Schism of the Russian Orthodox Church
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opposedBy |
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Church Slavonic
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usedBy |