Staroobryadtsy

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Old Believers
gptkbp:coreBelief Rejection of liturgical reforms
Preservation of pre-reform Russian Orthodox rituals
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Distinctive iconography
Preservation of old Russian traditions
Unique choral singing
gptkbp:emergedIn gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
17th century
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:Popovtsy
gptkb:Bespopovtsy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Staroobryadtsy
gptkbp:language gptkb:Church_Slavonic
gptkbp:legalStatus Legalized in Russia in 1905
Persecuted before 1905
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Avvakum_Petrov
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:persecutedBy gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Russian_state
gptkbp:population Several hundred thousand
gptkbp:practicedIn Distinctive church architecture
Strict fasting
Two-finger sign of the cross
Use of old liturgical books
gptkbp:presentIn gptkb:Belarus
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Estonia
gptkb:Latvia
gptkb:Lithuania
gptkb:Romania
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Ukraine
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
Russian culture
Religious dissent in Russia
gptkbp:sacredText Old Russian Orthodox liturgical books
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Reforms_of_Patriarch_Nikon
gptkbp:status Minority religious group
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Old_Believers_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7