Old Believer

Old Believer

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian старове́р (starovér).

Noun

Old Believer (plural Old Believers)

1. (religion) Any of those who separated from the official Russian Orthodox Church after 1666 as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon between 1652 and 1666. They continue liturgical practices which predate the reforms.

   Antonyms: Nikonite, Nikonian

   Synonym: Raskolnik

Translations

believer in Orthodoxy as it was before reforms

Belarusian: старавер m (staravjer) Esperanto: malnovritano Finnish: starovertsi, vanhauskoinen French: vieux croyant m German: Altgläubiger (de) m, Altgläubige (de) f Indonesian: Pemercaya Lama Kazakh: ескі дәстүрлі (eskı dästürlı) Latvian: vecticībnieks Polish: staroobrzędowiec (pl) m Russian: старообря́дец (ru) m (staroobrjádec), старове́р (ru) m (starovér) Tatar: старовер (starower) Ukrainian: старообрядець m (staroobrjadecʹ), старообрядник m (staroobrjadnyk)