Edinoverie

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Edinoverie (Russian: единове́рие, IPA: [jɪdʲɪnɐˈvʲerʲɪjɪ]) is an arrangement between certain Russian Old Believers communities and the official Russian Orthodox Church, whereby such communities are treated as a part of the normative Church system while maintaining their own rites. Thus, they are often designated "Old Ritualists" (Russian: старообря́дцы, staroobryadtsy), as opposed to "Old Believers". The followers of this movement preserve the ancient liturgical rites (like two-finger blessing, services according to pre-reform printed books, etc.) and the old Russian way of life, recognise the hierarchical jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. In the definition of Bishop Simon (Shleev): "Edinoverie is Old Belief reconciled with the Russian and Universal Church". It emerged in the 18th century and was, on the one hand, an expression of the desire of some adherents of the "old faith" to unite with the Russian Orthodox Church due to the absence of a church hierarchy among the Old Believers...

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