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.

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Generate an image of Old Believers (Old Believers are traditionalist Eastern Orthodox Christians who rejected the 17th-century liturgical reforms in Russia and preserved older rites, practices, and church traditions.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christian group ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
ethnicContext Russian ⓘ
faced forced conversions and repression under Tsarist rule ⓘ
legal disabilities in Imperial Russia ⓘ
persecution by Russian Orthodox Church hierarchy ⓘ
persecution by Russian state authorities in the 17th century ⓘ
followsCalendar Julian calendar ⓘ
hasApproximatePopulation hundreds of thousands worldwide ⓘ
hasBelief emphasis on continuity with ancient Church tradition ⓘ
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 ⓘ
hasDoctrineStatus considered schismatic by official Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Boyarynya Feodosia Morozova ⓘ
Patriarch Nikon (as opponent) ⓘ
Protopope Avvakum ⓘ
hasLegalStatus granted religious toleration in Russian Empire in late 19th century ⓘ
legally recognized in modern Russian Federation ⓘ
hasPart Belokrinitskaya hierarchy ⓘ
Bespopovtsy ⓘ
linked to: Lipovan Russians

Fedoseevtsy ⓘ
Filippians ⓘ
Pomortsy ⓘ
Popovtsy ⓘ
Various priestless communities ⓘ
Various priestly communities ⓘ
hasPopulation Argentina ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Baltic states ⓘ
Belarus ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Russian Far East ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasPractice beard-wearing for men in many communities ⓘ
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 ⓘ
influenced Russian folk culture and art ⓘ
Russian liturgical music history ⓘ
Russian religious dissent traditions ⓘ
preservation of medieval Russian iconography ⓘ
opposedTo Patriarch Nikon's reforms ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church reforms of the 1650s–1660s ⓘ
recognizedAs traditionalist branch of Russian Orthodoxy ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
separatedFrom Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
startTime 17th century ⓘ
timeOfSchism 1650s–1660s ⓘ
usesLanguage Church Slavonic ⓘ
usesRite pre-Nikonian Russian Orthodox rite ⓘ

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Church Slavonic → usedBy → Old Believers ⓘ
Daugavpils → hasReligiousSite → Old Believers churches ⓘ
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Lipovans → religiousTradition → Old Believers ⓘ
Lipovan Russians → religiousTradition → Old Believers ⓘ
Lipovan Russians → relatedEthnicGroup → Russian Old Believers ⓘ
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Woodburn, Oregon → hasSignificantCommunity → Russian Old Believers ⓘ
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Patriarch Nikon of Moscow → opposedBy → Old Believers ⓘ
Mustvee → hasCommunity → Russian Old Believers ⓘ
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Mustvee → hasReligiousCommunity → Old Believers ⓘ
Kallaste → hasReligiousCommunity → Old Believers ⓘ
Feodosia Morozova → religiousMovement → Old Believers ⓘ
subject linked to: Boyarina Feodosia Morozova
Feodosia Morozova → movement → Old Believers ⓘ
subject linked to: Boyarina Feodosia Morozova
Tsar Alexis of Russia → opposedBy → Old Believers ⓘ
Popovtsy → religiousTradition → Old Believers ⓘ
Belokrinitskaya hierarchy → isPartOf → Old Believer movement ⓘ
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Belokrinitskaya hierarchy → hasInfluenceOn → Old Believer ecclesiology ⓘ
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Belokrinitskaya hierarchy → denomination → Old Believer Eastern Orthodox ⓘ
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Pomortsy → religiousTradition → Russian Old Believers ⓘ
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Pomortsy → denomination → Old Believers ⓘ
Protopope Avvakum → religion → Old Believers ⓘ
Protopope Avvakum → movement → Old Believers movement ⓘ
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Protopope Avvakum → veneratedIn → Old Believer communities ⓘ
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Fedoseevtsy → religiousTradition → Old Believers ⓘ
Fedoseevtsy → partOf → priestless Old Believers (bespopovtsy) ⓘ
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Khovanshchina → depicts → Old Believers ⓘ
Avvakum Petrov → religion → Old Believers ⓘ
Avvakum Petrov → movement → Old Believers ⓘ
Nikolai Klyuev → associatedWith → Old Believers ⓘ
Nikolai Klyuev → influencedBy → Old Believer culture ⓘ
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Berezov → notableExile → Old Believers ⓘ
Lipoveni → denotes → Russian Old Believers community ⓘ
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Lipoveni → relatedTerm → Russian Old Believers ⓘ
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Sejny → hasMinority → Old Believers (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Old Believers
Sejny → religionPresent → Old Believers (historical) ⓘ
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