Strasti Khristovi [Passion of the Christ] & Povest iz drevnego letopistsa o stradanii Gospoda [Tales from the Ancient Chronicle of the Suffering of Christ], 1869.
An outstanding manuscript, likely executed specially for a prosperous Old Believer merchant in the Volga region. 1/
An outstanding manuscript, likely executed specially for a prosperous Old Believer merchant in the Volga region. 1/
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The "Old Believers" broke with the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666, as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon of Moscow between 1652 and 1666. 2/
The Old Believer faithful refused to accept the alterations in Orthodox worship and amendments in the Holy texts imposed by Patriarch Nikon, aimed at bringing Russian religious practice in closer alignment to the Greek liturgy. 3/
From then on, denied access to state-controlled printing presses, they reproduced their Holy texts almost solely in manuscript, preserving unchanged the unique liturgical practices that the Russian Orthodox Church had maintained before the implementation of Nikon's reforms. 4/
Their manuscripts, which continued to be produced through the
19th century, remained essentially Byzantine in character. 5/
19th century, remained essentially Byzantine in character. 5/
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