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 |
| change | |
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 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. In the 1990s, several bishops of the Church are separated into two courts schismatics : 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). The training of the clergy is provided in the academy opened in theology in 1991 at Novozybkov. 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 ). 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. 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. Chronology
Origin
Hierarchy Novozybkov
centrifugal movements and schisms
Organization
Territorial Structure
Formation of Clergy
Monasticism
Relations with other Churches
Relations with other churches, old-believers
Relations with the Russian Orthodox Church
See also
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| Independent churches noncanonical | |
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| See also: two councils of churches - churches of three councils - the Eastern Catholic Churches | |
