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__NOTOC__{{Infobox_Contents |topic_name ==Synopsis==The Old Believers of the Russian Orthodox Church [[Image:Boyarynja Morozova.jpg|framethumb|center|Detail of the painting ''Boyarynya Morozova'' by Vasily Surikov depicting a defiant Old Believer arrested by Tsarist authorities in 1671. She holds two fingers raised: a hint of the "old" way of [[Sign of the Cross|cross-signing]] oneself: with two fingers, rather than with three.]]|subtopics = [[Sign of the Cross]] |opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |The }} In the context of Russian Orthodox church history, the "Old Believers" are a Christian group that (Russian: ''старове́ры'' or ''старообря́дцы'') separated after 1666-1667 from the hierarchy of the [Russian Orthodox [Churchof Russia]] after 1667 as a protest against reforms in church reforms liturgy introduced by [[Patriarch ]] [[Nikon of Moscow]]. Old Believers continue liturgical practices which the Russian Orthodox Church maintained before the implementation of these reforms. Russian-speakers refer to the schism itself as ''raskol'' ('''раскол''' - etymologically indicating a "cleaving-apart").

==Contents== {{topics}}* [[Sign of Russian-speakers refer to the Cross]] {{opinions}}schism itself as ''raskol'' ('''раскол''' - etymologically indicating a "cleaving-apart").

{| class==Main article=="wikitable"|-! !! Old Practice !! New Practice|-! Spelling of [[Jesus]]| Ісусъ [Isus]|| Іисусъ [Iisus]|-! [[Creed]]| {{Unicode|рождена}}, '''а''' не сотворена ''(begotten '''but''' not made)''; {{Unicode|И в Дѹха Свѧтаго, Господа''' истиннаго''' и Животворѧщаго}} ''(And in the Holy Spirit, the '''True''' Lord and Giver of Life)'' || {{Unicode|рождена, не сотворена}} ''(begotten not made)''; {{Unicode|И в Дѹха Свѧтаго, Господа Животворѧщаго}} ''(And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life)''|-я! [[Sign of the Cross]]| Two fingers, straightened || Three fingers, straightened|-!Number of [[Prosphora]] in the Liturgy| Seven Prosphora || Five Prosphora|-! Direction of Procession| [[Sunwise]] || Counter-[[Sunwise]]|-!Alleluia| {{Unicode|Аллилуїa, аллилуїa, слава Тебѣ, Боже}} ''(Alleluia, alleluia, glory to Thee, o God)''||{{Unicode| Аллилуїa, аллилуїa, аллилуїa, слава Тебѣ, Боже}} (thrice ''alleluia'', ''glory to Thee, o God'')}}|}

In the context of Russian Orthodox church history, the "Old Believers" (Russian: ''старове́ры'' or ''старообря́дцы'') separated after 1666-1667 from the hierarchy of the [[Church of Russia]] as a protest against church reforms introduced by [[Patriarch]] [[Nikon of Moscow]].  Old Believers continue liturgical practices which the Russian Orthodox Church maintained before the implementation of these reforms. Because of the use of these older liturgical practices, they are also known as '''Old Ritualists'', especially by those who recognize the faith of the Old Believers as being identical with mainstream Orthodoxy. Russian-speakers refer to the schism itself as ''raskol'' ('''раскол''' - etymologically indicating a "cleaving-apart").==Quotes==

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