Belokrinitskaya hierarchy

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The Belokrinitskaya hierarchy is a major episcopal structure of the Old Believers, established in the 19th century to restore a full church hierarchy separate from the Russian Orthodox Church.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Belokrinitskaya hierarchy canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Believer church hierarchy ⓘ
episcopal structure ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
denomination Old Believer Eastern Orthodox ⓘ
linked to: Old Believers
establishedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
followsCalendar Julian calendar ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus recognized by many Old Believer communities ⓘ
hasCharacteristic continuity of traditional Russian Orthodox liturgy ⓘ
episcopal succession ⓘ
full sacramental life including episcopal ordinations ⓘ
independent ecclesiastical structure ⓘ
maintenance of traditional Russian church art and chant ⓘ
own synodal governance ⓘ
preservation of pre-reform Russian Orthodox practices ⓘ
separate ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
separate episcopal succession from state church ⓘ
separate from official Russian Orthodox hierarchy ⓘ
strict adherence to pre-reform rituals ⓘ
hasClergyRank bishop ⓘ
metropolitan ⓘ
priest ⓘ
hasCommunity Old Believer parishes ⓘ
hasDoctrine rejection of post-17th-century Russian Orthodox reforms ⓘ
hasGoal canonical continuity for Old Believers ⓘ
independent ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ
hasGovernanceForm episcopal polity ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Old Believer ecclesiology ⓘ
linked to: Old Believers

Old Believer liturgical practice ⓘ
hasLanguage Church Slavonic ⓘ
hasLiturgicalLanguage Church Slavonic ⓘ
hasOpponentsWithinMovement priestless Old Believers ⓘ
some Old Believer groups rejecting restored hierarchy ⓘ
hasOppositionFrom Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
state authorities of the Russian Empire ⓘ
hasSeatIn Belaya Krinitsa ⓘ
hasTheologicalOrientation traditionalist Eastern Orthodox ⓘ
hasType episcopal Old Believer church ⓘ
isPartOf Old Believer movement ⓘ
linked to: Old Believers
namedAfter Belaya Krinitsa ⓘ
opposes Nikonian church reforms ⓘ
purpose restoration of full church hierarchy for Old Believers ⓘ
region Eastern Europe ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Old Believers ⓘ
Old Ritualists ⓘ
separatedFrom Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
usesRite Old Rite ⓘ
pre-Nikonian Russian Orthodox rite ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Believers → hasPart → Belokrinitskaya hierarchy ⓘ
Lipovans → religiousAffiliation → Belokrinitskaya hierarchy ⓘ
Popovtsy → relatedMovement → Belokrinitskaya hierarchy ⓘ