Pomorian Old-Orthodox Church

The Altorthodoxe Pomorische Church (Russian Древлеправославная Поморская Церковь / ДПЦ ) is an Orthodox religious community of priests lots of Old Believers ( Pomorzy or Danilowzy ) by the liturgical reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the second half of the 17th century in Russia from a split in the Russian - Orthodox Church has emerged.

History

1694 was in the Pomorje ( Karelia ), in the north of the European part of Russia, by Daniel Wikulin and the brothers Denisov on Wyg River (Russian Выг ) founded the Wygorezkaja Monastery (also Wygowskaja monastery or hermitage Wyg ), signed by beginning of the 18th century to the end of the 19th century was the intellectual center of the Old Believers.

In Wygorezkaja Monastery were " Pomorischen Answers" written, a compilation of religious questions and the answers by the elders of the Pomorzy, which served as the basis of pomorischen religious doctrine. The communities of Pomorzy made ​​a significant contribution to the colonization of the northern regions of Russia and were the beginning of the 19th century major economic centers of the Russian North. The monks copied ancient manuscripts, written religious works, painted icons and formed choir from. In winter, when the White Sea was frozen, chased the Old Believers on the ice and it came up to Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya. In 1855 they were expelled by Tsar Alexander II.

The ecclesiastical organization of Pomorzy was created after the publication of the so-called Edict of Tsar Nicholas II on April 17, 1905 In addition to strengthening the foundations of freedom of belief. The first church of Pomorzy was ordained on May 10, 1909 in Moscow.

After the revolution of 1917 a part of the Pomorjaner communities and religious centers established abroad.

Theology

Originally Pomorjaner rejected the marriage and the prayer for the Tsar. Only after 1739, under pressure from the authorities, they took over the prayer for the Tsar. This led to the elimination of the Filippowzy, the prayer is not accepted, and the Fedosejewzy who reject the marriage and led an ascetic monastic life similar. Like many other priests loose faith communities, the church Altorthodoxe Pomorische no hierarchical priesthood. The holding of religious services and the administration of the sacraments took over the spiritual teacher. The early 1830s the Pomorzy split into the Nowopomorzy who accepted the marriage, and the Staropomorzy who opposed the marriage.

Organization

The Altorthodoxe Pomorische Church has congregations in Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Belarus and Ukraine ( in these countries, there are governing bodies such as national councils and clergy commissions ), as well as in the U.S., Brazil and other countries. In 2001 there were 59 officially registered in Lithuania communities of Pomorzy with 27,000 members.

  • Council of the Old Believers Pomorischen Church in Russia: Российский совет ДПЦ ( РС ДПЦ )
  • Council of the Old Believers Pomorischen Church in Belarus
  • Council of the Old Believers Pomorischen Church in Lithuania
  • Council of the Old Believers Pomorischen Church in Latvia
  • Main advice of the Old Believers Pomorischen Church in the Republic of Poland
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