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

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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

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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