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a: New Testament Trinity above royal doors, 17 th century iconostasis, Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Suzdal Kremlin (Balderstone 2017)
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The continuing use of a particular type of Trinity image in Russian churches – the ‘paternity’ image following its banning in 1667 by the Church Council of Moscow suggests more than just a reaction from disgruntled Old Believers. The fact that a major flourishing of its use in the late 17th and early 18th centuries occurred after attempts by Patria...
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The article focuses on the marriage behavior of the Old Believers—conservative dissenters who split from the Russian Orthodox Church in the seventeenth century. Persecuted by the state, they migrated to the country’s fringe areas, including the Urals. Far away from the authorities, they maintained their pre-reform traditions and way of life. The bi...
