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Old Russian Orthodox Church

Old Russian Orthodox Church
Local Name
Current primate Patriarch Alexander
Headquarters Moscow, Russia
Primary territory Russia
Rite Old Russian
Language (s) liturgical (s) Slavonic
Calendar Julian
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Old Orthodox Cathedral in Moscow

The Orthodox Church Old Russian ( Russian : ) is a Church Orthodox noncanonical, traditionalist, born of a schism of the Russian Orthodox Church in the seventeenth century.

This is the second largest branch of the courts of the Presbyterian Orthodox Old Believers. It was formed in 1923 groups of Old Believers who refused to recognize the authority of the " Hierarchy Krynytsya Bila ", established in 1848. It is also called "Hierarchy Novozybkov "after the name of the town where his supervisor lived between 1963 and 2000.

The head of the Church carries the title of Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, with residence in Moscow (current owner: Alexander History

Chronology

Origin

Hierarchy Novozybkov

In 1923 , Archbishop of Saratov Nicolas (Pozdeyev) went to the old rite in the branch that did not recognize the "Hierarchy of Bila Krynytsya. The following year, Nicolas moved to Moscow.

In 1929 , the Bishop of Sverdlovsk Stphane (Rastorguyev) also passed the old rite. He was consecrated by the bishops in opposition Josephite with Metropolitan Sergius.

The apostolic succession of the Church derives from these two bishops.

1934 Death of Archbishop Nicolas.

1937 Death in Prison Stephane Nicolas successor.

1955 Transfer from Church headquarters in Samara.

1963 Transfer of seat Novozybkov.

2000 Transfer of the headquarters in Moscow.

2002 The primate is the title of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.

centrifugal movements and schisms

In the 1990s, several bishops of the Church are separated into two courts schismatics :

Organization

Territorial Structure

There is a parish in the town of Kasashko in Bulgaria (founded by Don Cossacks old-believers).

The four parishes of Turkey no longer exist since the 1970s, following the emigration of Cossack communities to Russia (Volga).

Formation of Clergy

The training of the clergy is provided in the academy opened in theology in 1991 at Novozybkov.

Monasticism

The church has a men's monastery (Monastery of the Holy Trinity opened in 1992 to fifteen miles Novozybkov) and two female monasteries ( Samara and Nizhny Novgorod ).

Relations with other Churches

Relations with other churches, old-believers

Relationships are difficult with the Orthodox Old-ritualist Russian , the other branch of the Presbyterian Old Believers in Russia, each of the two churches challenging the legitimacy of the hierarchy of the other.

Relations with the Russian Orthodox Church

On May 17, 2008, an informal meeting between representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and the Old Russian Orthodox Church took place in Moscow.

See also

Internal Links

External Links

References

  1. (en) Site hierarchy.religare.ru ( page- )
  2. (en) Site hierarchy.religare.ru ( page )

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