Pomorian

Apology for the Church: Its Beginning and End, Appearance and Essence. The Error and Fall of the Greco-Eastern and Greco-Russian Church in the Persons of the Priesthood.

From a hectograph of the Old Believers of the priestless zakonobrachnoye (lawful-marriage) soglasie [or agreement/faction] of the early 20th century. The Beginning of the Church, Its Appearance and Composition as It Existed at the Time of Its Initial Establishment, and Its Past, Present, and Future Existence The holy earthly Church Militant received its beginning from…

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Magism in Christianity – Rashin

In essence, all spiritual aspirations of humanity boil down to two main paths: the path of magic and the path of worshiping God. The second one—worship of God—has an internal distinction: there is genuine worship, based on truth and revelation, and there is false worship, when people, considering themselves servants of the Most High, are…

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The Old Faith. -Pichugin

Apologetic Investigation by Lev Feoktistovich Pichugin The book “The Old Faith” was first published in 1914, shortly after the death of its author, Lev Feoktistovich Pichugin. An outstanding expert [in religious debates], a zealous defender of the Old Belief, he came from a poor family but, thanks to his natural abilities and talents, as well…

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Why Old Believers Have No Visible Communion

-M. L. Vlasov. The Fall of the Priesthood When speaking of the sacrament of Holy Communion, it must be pointed out that not only among us, but nowhere in the world today is it present in a form acceptable to true Christians, because the priesthood with successive ordination — tracing its origin from Christ and…

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The Liturgical Life of Archpriest Avvakum

by E.A. Ageeva. In the Old Believer tale “About the Greatly Zealous and Long-Suffering Archpriest Avvakum,” the great ascetic of faith is described as follows: “Archpriest Avvakum, a man of great good and abstinent life, of such great and fiery zeal: abundantly endowed with magnanimity and enriched with much suffering; he was known and loved…

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On Priesthood and False Priesthood

By Vladimir Shamarin. Samara, 2006. Commissioned by the Russian Council of the Ancient Orthodox Pomorian Church. The book was prepared for publication by the Samara Old Believer Community of the Ancient Orthodox Pomorian Church. For nearly three hundred years, the Ancient Orthodox Church has been forced to exist without priesthood. This occurred by God’s permission,…

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On Christian Clothing

An Essay on History and the Contemporary Situation By Valeriy Selishchev Illustrations by Anastasia Rumyantseva Repent, ye people, repent, pray to God with tears. And with heartfelt sobbing altogether. For the Antichrist sits upon the throne— This is the cunning seven-headed serpent. He has spewed forth his bitter fury. Throughout all the earth, throughout the…

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Spiritual Communion Among the Priestless Old Believers (Bezpopovtsy)

-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…

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Old Believer Confession for an Icon Painter

-G. V. Markelov. In the Russian Orthodox Church, the sacrament of repentance as a divinely instituted sacred act acquired its final forms only in the 17th century. The rite of repentance, known as the Order of Confession, was already included in pre-Nikonian printed books and, in this most ancient version with only minor changes and…

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On the Difficulties of Adapting Newcomers in the Old Orthodox Pomorian Church

“Whoever is persuaded and believes that our teaching and words are true, and promises that he can live in accordance with them, is taught to pray and fast, asking God for the forgiveness of former sins, and we pray and fast together with him. Then we lead him to where there is water, and he…

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