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Post by OrthodoxBrit on Feb 25, 2013 21:42:51 GMT 2
Hi everyone.
I read the article on Putin giving the old Believer Patriarch an award today and noticed that I know very little about them apart from the mass burning for which they are most known.
So... can someone enlighten us all, who are the Old Believers?
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Post by admin on Feb 26, 2013 13:17:47 GMT 2
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Post by Vlad on Feb 27, 2013 5:50:42 GMT 2
The Wikipedia article says it all. They rejected the reforms by Patriarch Nikon (which, oddly enough, were more Orthodox anyway) and generally live in seclusion. Some believe that crossing yourself with three fingers is anti-Christlike. Some just don't like the reforms.
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Post by OrthodoxBrit on Feb 27, 2013 22:17:29 GMT 2
The reforms seemed interesting, as they were (as the article seemed to point out) more in line with the rest of the Orthodox world.
Were the Metropolitanate/Patriarchate of Moscow always practicing the obscured versions before these then?
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Post by simplyorthodox on Mar 1, 2013 19:30:43 GMT 2
There are Old Believers (Palaioimerologites) in Greece as well. They broke communion with the Church of Greece and now they call themselves the "Genuine Orthodox Church". They have other bishops than the Church of Greece.
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Post by OrthodoxBrit on Mar 1, 2013 23:47:25 GMT 2
Are they the community that broke communion over the calendar change?
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Post by admin on Mar 2, 2013 15:20:34 GMT 2
According to their name, Palaioimerologites, they seem to be...
Palaio = old,
imerologio = calendar...
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Post by immerlein on Mar 2, 2013 15:51:49 GMT 2
All I know is I like their headscarves >_<
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Post by JamesfromTA on Mar 2, 2013 16:15:49 GMT 2
I thought the old believers were in schism as well. They have some groups here and some refer to themselves "synods in resistance", mainly over the calendar issue.
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Post by OrthodoxBrit on Mar 4, 2013 0:05:37 GMT 2
I suppose that the old believer's schism was so long ago that they are practically a completely different form of Orthodox Christianity now as opposed to just a separatist sect.
If they have a Separate Patriarch now it is highly unlikely they could be brought into the Church Easily, as opposed to the Traditionalist groups who are simply under metropolitans like ROCOR and so could easily be brought back without the issue of multiple Patriarchs.
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