EPISODE · Nov 8, 2015
The Old Believer Schism and the Decline of Russian Christendom before Peter the Great
from Paradise and Utopia · host Fr. John Strickland
In this final episode of his reflection on Muscovite Russia, Fr. John describes the Old Believer Schism as a crisis in the formerly optimistic cosmology of eastern Christendom, leading to its decline on the eve of modern times.
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In this final episode of his reflection on Muscovite Russia, Fr. John describes the Old Believer Schism as a crisis in the formerly optimistic cosmology of eastern Christendom, leading to its decline on the eve of modern times.
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