Feodosia Morozova

Feodosiya Morozova Prokofyevna (Russian Феодосия Прокофьевна Морозова, scientific transliteration Feodosiya Morozova Prokof'evna; * 1632 in Moscow, .. † 2 Novemberjul / November 12 1675greg in Borovsk ) was a Russian Boyar and supporter Awwakums. She was with her sister, the Princess Urusova ( Уросова ), imprisoned from 1674 Pafnuti Monastery in Borowsker Ostrog, where they both died of starvation. She is worshiped by some Old Believers as a martyr.

Bojarynja Morozova

A painting Vasily Surikows in Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery shows her exhaustion after their arrest in 1671 your resilient spirit symbolizes the sign of the cross with two -. Ie not three - fingers in the manner of the Old Believers. The sign of the cross with two fingers had been abolished as part of the church reforms Nikons.