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Revision as of 03:16, July 31, 2006  The Old Believers
(старове́ры or старообря́дцы) are a collection of schismatic
groups from the Church of Russia. They are more properly known
as Old Ritualists.  The schism itself is known as
staroobryadchestvo (старообрядчество).    In 1652, Patriarch
Nikon of the Russian Orthodox Church introduced a number of
reforms aimed at centralizing his power and bringing Russian
Orthodox ritual and doctrine in line with those of the Orthodox
Church in the post-Byzantine world (e.g., in Greece and
elsewhere). The Old Believers rejected Nikon's reforms, becoming
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