Russian Old Believers

GPTKB entity

Statements (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Old_Ritualists
gptkbp:coreBelief preservation of pre-reform Russian Orthodox rituals
gptkbp:culturalSignificance gptkb:manuscript
icon painting
Russian folk music
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Estonia
gptkb:Latvia
gptkb:Lithuania
gptkb:Romania
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:emergedIn gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
17th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Russian Old Believers
gptkbp:language gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Church_Slavonic
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Belarus
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Estonia
gptkb:Kazakhstan
gptkb:Latvia
gptkb:Lithuania
gptkb:Moldova
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Romania
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Ukraine
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Schism_of_1666-1667
gptkb:Synod_of_1666-1667
gptkbp:notableFor pilgrimage to holy sites
icon veneration
chanting in worship
communal living in some groups
preservation of traditional dress
rejection of modern technology in some communities
rejection of state church authority
rejection of tobacco and alcohol
use of handwritten religious texts
use of old calendar
gptkbp:notableGroup gptkb:Beglopopovtsy
gptkb:Bezpopovtsy
gptkb:Chasovennye
gptkb:Fedoseevtsy
gptkb:Filippians
gptkb:Pomortsy
gptkb:Popovtsy
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Avvakum_Petrov
gptkb:Feodosia_Morozova
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:persecutedBy gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Russian_state
gptkbp:populationEstimate 1-2 million
gptkbp:practicedIn strict fasting
two-finger sign of the cross
beards for men
use of old liturgical books
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:liturgical_reforms_of_Patriarch_Nikon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4