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Depart, my lights, into the mountains, into the dens, into the earthly abysses. Bury yourselves, my lights, with ashes and sands, and even with fine gravel. Stand firm, my lights, for the cross and for prayer, and for the Christian faith. – Old Believer verse about the Antichrist In the same years when the “statists”…
By Andrey Shcheglov. In what follows below, there will be no direct reference to the modern “heroes” of Old Ritualism. Considering their intellectual and spiritual level, it is shameful to speak of them en masse, and even more so to subject them to analysis. Those who understand what is being discussed need no explanation; accordingly,…
By T.A. Oparina, Novosibirsk. Calculations regarding the date of the end of the world or the final falling away to the Antichrist in 1666 were extraordinarily widespread in Old Believer literature and have not lost their relevance in it even to the present day. Let us attempt to trace the sources of Old Believer theories….
-By Nina Lukyanova. “Shake off, ye unbelievers, your mental slumber, open the eyes of your mind and behold: the sun of the world is already setting, night will soon come, the fateful hour will strike suddenly, Christ will appear like lightning—for all is ready. And yet, instead of Christ, Whom we must await with fear…
-K. KOZHURIN, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences (Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia) As has already been noted by a number of researchers, the “zealots of piety” of the mid-17th century and their followers—the Old Believers—in their historiosophical views relied on written monuments of South- and West-Russian origin. Over time these texts acquired unconditional authority, and…
Our Lord Jesus Christ shed His precious blood to deliver the human race from corruption and death, in order to restore fallen man to his former blessedness. He brought to earth His teaching, which contains everything necessary for the salvation of the human soul. If the mark of the Antichrist were more dangerous than the…