Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
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Nikon, born Nikita Minin was the seventh Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' of the Russian Orthodox Church, serving officially from 1652 to 1666. He was renowned for his eloquence, energy, piety and clo
Patriarch Nikon in painting, c. 1680s
Nikon's residence at the New Jerusalem Cloister is representative of his austere aesthetic views.
Painting of Nikon with clergy
Aleksey Kivshenko. Patriarch Nikon and Epifany Slavinetsky revising service-books.
Old Believers
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Old Believers or Old Ritualists is the common term for numerous religious communities that maintain the old liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church, as they were before the refo
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
…suggested by the first council, and anathematized the dissenting minority, which included the party of the protopopes and Paul, bishop of Kolomna. The reforms coincided with a great plague in 1654. Construction of tent-like churches (of which Saint Basil's Cathedral is a prime example) was strictly forbidden…
A leaflet from the Morozov Apocalypse, a Pomorian manuscript from circa 1820 commissioned by the prominent Morozov family, depicting a scene from Book of Revelation.
Members of the Pomorian accord, 19th century.
Old Believer women in Tarbagatay, Buryatia.