Old Believers break from Russian Orthodox Church

Published: 19 July, 2008, 10:50
Edited: 24 February, 2010, 16:13

Russian Church Council of 1654: Patriarch Nikon introduces new service books

This is the fourth in a series of RT reports on Christianity’s arrival and 1,020-year-long development in Russia. After a period of strength and unity, by the 17th century the Russian Orthodox Church began to tear apart. In 1652 it had a new patriarch&nbs

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