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Definition of Popovtsy

Popovtsy
Popovtsy Po*pov"tsy, n. pl. [Russ., prop., those having popes or priests.] See Raskolnik.

Meaning of Popovtsy from wikipedia

- main division within Old Belief is between the relatively conservative popovtsy, or "priestly", who were willing to employ renegade priests from the state...
- The Popovtsy (‹The template Lang-rus is being considered for deletion.› Russian: поповцы, IPA: [pɐˈpoftsɨ], lit. 'priested ones') or Popovschina (Russian:...
- Brăila, Romania since 1940. It positions itself as the world center of popovtsy, as the "Mother Church" for the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church; the latter...
- English, are one of the two major groups of Old Believers. Unlike the Popovtsy ("priested"), the Bespopovtsy reject priests ordained following the liturgical...
- Josephism Old Believers Bespopovtsy Fedoseevtsy Filippians Chasovennye Dyrniki Popovtsy Beglopopovtsy Old Calendarists Spiritual Christianity Doukhobors Freedomites...
- (Gospel of John 4:24) rather than in the Orthodox Church or ancient rites of Popovtsy. Their saying was, "The church is not within logs, but within ribs".[citation...
- famous for it was almost entirely inhabited by the Old Believers, mainly popovtsy (Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy, now — Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church). Name...
- later to become the Diocese of Ekaterinoslav. When he visited a chapel of Popovtsy (Old Believers who had their own priests not recognised by the Church)...
- "followers of runaway priests") was one of the denominations among the Popovtsy, who belonged to the Old Believers. Since none of the bishops joined the...
- hand, it is a 'lightened' version of a prostration (5). For example, when Popovtsy Old Believers ask their priests for a blessing, they should, theoretically...