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.

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
• Kazakh: ескі дәстүрлі (eskı dästürlı)
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• Latvian: vecticībnieks
• Polish: staroobrzędowiec m
• Russian: старообря́дец (ru) m (staroobrjádec), старове́р (ru) m (starovér)
• Tatar: старовер (starower)
• Ukrainian: старообрядець m (staroobrjadecʹ), старообрядник m (staroobrjadnyk)