Rogoga Old Believer Cemetery

There are amazing places in Moscow, such as the cultural center. Old Believer community. Just a second Kremlin - even Cathedral Square is available. There are fewer tourists here! And the history of the Old Believers is full of mysteries, secrets and blood.

The essence of reform In the 17th century, the people who came to be called The Old Believers-correction of Russian liturgical books, first of all, in replacing the old Russian church ranks and rites with the then Greek rites and rites, i.e. the purpose of the reform was to bring to uniformity Russian and Greek church practice on the model of the Greek.

The Greeks were baptized at the time. three fingers, although originally there was also a two-finger, and Orthodox Russia As she received the faith from the Greeks, she was baptized. What do you mean two fingers in They symbolize the nature of Jesus Christ at the same time. God and man. At that time the Greeks were baptized with three fingers. Why is that? What happened? Why did the Greeks change their two fingers to three? It's a mystery. History, there is an assumption: about a hundred years in Byzantium was Catholic Catholics at that time were baptized with three fingers, Europe in general. I changed my finger several times, there are no problems in this regard. It happened. The three fingers symbolize the Trinity. I mean, they made themselves a saint. Trinity. There were also other ritual differences between Russian and Orthodox. church.

Nana Old Believers were persecuted until the beginning of the 20th century, the so-called thaw of 1905. years. Old Believers were the richest people of that time - the Morozov dynasty, For example, well-known patrons, the patron was also Ryabushinsky - known to him. The mansion was built by Fedor Shekhtel on Malaya Nikitskaya in Moscow, so even it was There is a secret prayer room. By the way, the old believers are now divided into clergymen and beggars. Rogozhskoe cemetery is priests.

The very first. temple, which arose on the Rogozh-Nikolskaya Church (1776), stylized Style Russian narrow - with melons and suspended weights.

Then Pokrovsky Cathedral (1787). It symbolized by the plan of the architect Matvei Cossack Noah's Ark. And rises above the square of the Assumption Temple - bell tower.