Old Orthodox Church Ritualist Lipovans

Old Orthodox Church ritualist Lipovans
Local Name	Biserica Ortodox Stil Vechi has Lipovenilor
Current primate	Metropolitan Leonce
Headquarters	Braila, Romania
Primary territory	Romania
Rite	Old Russian
Language (s) liturgical (s)	Slavonic
Calendar	Julian
Estimated population	40 000
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Old Believers Lipovans village Slava Cerchez, Romania

The Orthodox Church-old ritualistic Lipovans, Orthodox Old-Ritualist Orthodox Christian Church or the old rite (in Romanian : Biserica Ortodox Stil Vechi has Lipovenilor or Biserica Crestin Ortodoxa of Rit-Vechi) is a church orthodox traditionalist, born of a schism of the Russian Orthodox Church in the ^seventeenth century.

The head of the Church carries the title of Metropolitan of Bila Krynytsya and all Orthodox Christians-old, with residence in Braila in Romania (current holder: Leonce History

• 1653 Reform of the ritual by Patriarch Nikon.
• 1847 Restoration of the episcopate through the Metropolitan Ambrose Organization

  Territorial Structure

  The Church has three dioceses (dioceses) in Romania:

  • Eparchy of Braila and Tulcea
  • Eparchy of Slava (with parish Tataritsa in Bulgaria )
  • Eparchy of Bucovina and Moldavia (based in Targu Frumos)

  Outside, the church also has three dioceses:

  • Diocese of Augsburg , from all over Germany and the Baltic countries Relations with other Churches

    The Orthodox Church-old ritualistic (Lipovans) Bila Krynytsya is the Mother Church of the Orthodox Old-ritualist Russian.

    See also

    Internal Links

    • Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia
    • Orthodox Old Believers
    • List of primates of the Orthodox Old-ritualist Lipovans
    • Lipovans

    External Links

    • (Ro) Presentation on the community site Lipovans
    • (Ru) (ro) (en) Eparchy of Slava
    • (En) Community Overview Lipovans
    • (In) OrthodoxWiki - Lipovans Orthodox Old-Rite Church
    • (It) Community in Italy

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