A more radical sub-faction of this larger group that accepted the Philippian solgas or confession, started the practice of self-immolation and broke away from the Pomorians.
A more radical sub-faction of this larger group that accepted the Philippian solgas or confession, started the practice of self-immolation and broke away from the Pomorians. Initially, leading members of this group included the abbot Feoktist and later split into further denominations based on the continued acceptance or rejection of runaway (*) priests. Among the changes this group rejected included the three-finger sign of the cross, the change in spelling of Jesus' name from "Isus" to "Iisus," and processions against rather than toward the sun. Led by Avvakum Petrov, for 10 points, name this 17th century dissident religious movement formed in response to the liturgical changes imposed the Alexis I supported Patriarch Nikon, which led to the Raskol or schism in the Russian Orthodox Church.
A more radical sub-faction of this larger group that accepted the Philippian solgas or confession, started the practice of self-immolation and broke away from the Pomorians.
{Old Believers} [or {Starovertsy} accept {Old Ritualists}]