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Nikonites

Russian religious leader

Nikonites, also known as Nikonians, are followers of the main current of the Russian Orthodox Church, which accepted the reforms undertaken during the

Nikonites

Old Believers

Russian religious dissenters

more radical bezpopovtsy, or "priestless", who rejected the validity of "Nikonite" ordination, and had to dispense with priests and all sacraments performed

Old Believers

Old_Believers

Feodosia Morozova

Russian Old Believer martyr (1632–1675)

Boyaryna Morozova by Vasily Surikov is depicting Morozova's arrest by the Nikonites in 1671. As an Old Believer, she holds two fingers, rather than three

Feodosia Morozova

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Bespopovtsy

Priestless Old Believers that reject Nikonite priests

the Eucharist, believing that any priest or hierarch who has used the Nikonite Rites has forfeited apostolic succession. Others still believe in the existence

Bespopovtsy

Sign of the cross

Ritual blessing made by members of some branches of Christianity

(as opposed to the two-finger sign of the "Old Rite"), as well as other Nikonite reforms (which alternated certain previous Russian practices to conform

Sign of the cross

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Jurilovca

Commune in Tulcea, Romania

formal reform. The result was the division of Russian society in two: Nikonites, those who accepted the Reform, and Starovers (Old Believers), those who

Jurilovca

Schism of the Russian Church

1650s–60s Russian Orthodox schism

Popovtsy, meaning "priested ones", as they accept clergymen ordained by the Nikonite Russian Orthodox Church but reject the church's authority; those who preserve

Schism of the Russian Church