Old Believer

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian старове́р (starovér).

Noun

Old Believer (plural Old Believers)

(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 (eski dästürli)

Latvian: vecticībnieks
Polish: staroobrzędowiec m
Russian: старообря́дец (ru) m (staroobrjádec), старове́р (ru) m (starovér)
Tatar: старовер (starower)
Ukrainian: старообрядець m (staroobrjadecʹ), старообрядник m (staroobrjadnyk)

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