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Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church
The
Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church
(or
Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church
,
Russian Orthodox Old-Ritualist Church
) is an
Eastern Orthodox Church
of the
Old Believers
tradition, born from a
schism
within the
Russian Orthodox Church
following the liturgical reforms of
Patriarch Nikon
in the second half of 17th century (
Old Believers
). It is one of the two
Old Believers
churches that belong to the
Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy
- together with the
Orthodox Old-Rite Church
, sometimes also called
Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church
. The church is not recognised by the
Patriarchate of Constantinople
, the
Patriarchate of Moscow
nor by any of those Orthodox Churches in communion with the aforementioned jurisdictions. It is thus considered to be independent of the group commonly regarded as the Orthodox Church.
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