Alaskan Old Believers

[@malcolmbrown5331]

I had the good fortune to live in Nikolaevsk for more than 4 years, 1987-1991. I also have the good fortune to have Old Believer friends and relatives.

[@ВиталийВасильченко-й4ю]

А я с Волгограда тоже старообрядец

[@kyriljordanov2086]

The matushka owning a daycare isn't breaking with tradition. She is taking care of children, a good woman's work.

[@MegaMikhy]

Kyril Jordanov it is breaking old traditional believers New old believers tradition

[@swatkins9391]

"... a good woman's work" A woman's work is anything she wishes to do and nothing less.

[@japonicaren]

S Watkins A good 'gina' you got there my man.

[@АлекАлистарх]

Why would she break the tradition? I am an old believer and I have never heard of that. A woman should do whatever she aspires to!

[@drtg101we7]

@Boris Sitnikoff Are you an antisemite?

[@fakemadereal]

I love Alaskan history. It is so rich, but so unheard of.

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

Because Americans don't want to remind you that it was originally Russian land.

[@johncourtneidge]

Most interesting! Given Alaska's Russian past, I have wondered if Russian families, including Old Believer families had stayed when the US bought Alaska.

[@gabilaiou]

@@Miodrag.Vukomanovic and?russians sold it!

[@guspapadopoulos945]

I'm Greek Orthodox but l so very much love and admire my Russian Orthodox brothers and sisters in the faith. They suffered so much oppression from the satanic Bolsheviks, yet these peaceful, loving people have survived. God love them

[@blacknwhitesalright]

“The Satanic Bolsheviks,” please. It’s truly tragic that the proletarian revolutionary wave failed so quickly and was overtaken by Stalinist statist counterrevolution.

[@expertizer]

"satanic bolsheviks" and mostly Stalin is the reason russian orthodoxy survived till this day

[@terrytzaneros8007]

God prosper the Old Believers and the Amish. His blessings on both.

[@patrickmartin8783]

God won’t bless churches who go against his word and traditions of the one church he set up. This is modern and ecumenist way of thinking. Christ made 1 church. Not 30,000 conflicting churches

[@agathar7115]

@Luka Barabadze the Eastern Orthodox Church, which predates all others and has been unchanged since the time of Christ in dogma, Spirit, and practice.

[@HaraldSjellose]

@@agathar7115 I thought old believers were the ones who preserved original practices, hence 'old believers'

[@Uthwita]

@@HaraldSjellose they preserve a specific Russian liturgy, but are schismatics.

[@MikeHawksBig69]

Amish people are part of the wrong church.

[@TheCopticParabolanos]

These people live simple, consecrated lives set apart from the godless secular spirit of the age, just as the Savior commanded. God bless them all richly.

[@dioscoros]

They're heretics according to you though (just sayin).

[@sethl7078]

Thomas Comerford The Russian Orthodox Church revoked the anathemas in 1970, and ask for forgiveness and reconciliation with the Old Believers

[@dioscoros]

@@sethl7078 Yes. But I wasn't responding to an Eastern Orthodox person. Look at his username.

[@sethl7078]

@@dioscoros Didnt recognize the name. Assumed he was Orthodox, not oriental

[@TheCopticParabolanos]

Seth L I respect them and their way of life irrespective of our ecclesiastical/theological differences. They seem far more blameless in their Christianity than I am. In my own tradition, we tend to be less rigid about historic divides between fellow Christians. Also, I’m not “Oriental,” I am of mixed Anglo and North African descent. Not a fan of the “Oriental Orthodox” moniker. It always seemed very artificial and contrived to me.

[@khristophertaylor811]

I grew up in ninilckick Alaska with Russian Orthodox they're awesome people

[@anamaaster]

At first - it's very strange to see Russian's with ancient icons, clothes and other, but speaking ENGLISH !.. )) So, its very amazing !! Thank you )

[@lelandgrover8514]

What a lovely community.

[@cannibalfan01]

i met a group of old believer high school students in DC for a scholarship program one time, nice people

[@jajohnson7809]

It's a shame the Old Believers weren't allowed to keep their traditions. Had that been the case, they probably would still be in communion with the larger Orthodox Church. Also, I own several Old Believer icons and cross pendants; they are stunningly beautiful. God bless these people.

[@ingvarz7468]

even today they're like the Amish people in Russia.

[@Libbyfarm]

the old believers were invited to rejoin the canonical church while keeping the outward expressions that were banned, and most communities did.

[@nmiller4085]

Their tradition eventually eventually ended up being accepted by the Orthodox church. They were invited back in and today there are many Orthodox communities that still use the Old Believer liturgy and traditions.

[@ВиталийВасильченко-й4ю]

​@@Libbyfarmспустя полтора века немыслимых гонений, вдруг время расставило всех на свои места

[@Simple_Mind11369]

beautiful.

[@paulsdancing5429]

Thank you for sharing, Nikolaevsk has happy people.....

[@agathakourtesis1244]

I am Greek Orthodox..and i like what i see..God bless..i remember my Grandma Live that life and evrithig was so beautiful..good memories..

[@Ettoredipugnar]

There is no need for change.

[@patrickmartin8783]

Ettoredipugnar The Reforms were unnecessary yes, if anything the Russian liturgical books were older. But in a way, to keep unity between the orthodox churches, the reforms were helpful.

[@swatkins9391]

This chunk of floating space roch we live on has been changing since the day it was formed, Change happens to all and everything.

[@Raseneb]

Well Veronika, Russian is their first language. It shows how hard they cling to their old ways, and until recently they didn't talk to anybody besides each other. The Amish are like that; some of them speak German better than English.

[@lipovansoldbelievers4474]

Thanks Very Beautiful

[@gangasinghrathore4709]

How are they doing today God bless these simple people

[@deannabugful]

I used to make and wear that serafan dress, and the apron, too. It is simple and beautiful. I wonder if dresses will ever come back?

[@brandess13]

Did you weave the centerpieces as well? That looks like the fun part to me!

[@betterjustice6697]

I'm sure they will one day

[@troelspeterroland6998]

It's really silly how those film clips of religious persecution in Stalin's Soviet Union are used to illustrate the persecution of Old Believers 250 years earlier.

[@katherinetutschek4757]

Probably because there's no footage from back then...

[@troelspeterroland6998]

That's true of course. But I don't like the tendency to use footage "for illustrative purposes" rather than as a source. Especially if it happens in news media.

[@katherinetutschek4757]

@@troelspeterroland6998 yeah, it can be kind of misleading

[@julioantonionoronalamas08]

A good deed from JFK that I never heard of until now. Thanks for sharing.

[@eldruidacosmico]

God Bless them!

[@TadeSLO]

Old slavonic or old russian or slovene/slovenian are same languages like in Slovenia (first Lady Melania is from Slovenia) or in Alaska of Old believers! Slava slovenski arijski bratje in sestre

[@Jem12345kor]

Этот арийский бред и Перун-пердун никак не связаны со староверами. Мы веруем в Христа и Троицу. Неоязычество было придумано на Западе для захвата славян.

[@Zapper-kq1zg]

@@Jem12345korа что ты имеешь против дохристианской веры? Я согласен, неоязычество придумано, чтобы дробить людей, но то, что вы похабски относитесь к традициям предкам это тоже не есть хорошо

[@Jem12345kor]

Дохристианское не осуждаю, это просто история, уважаю ее. Но максимально неаутентичная новопридумщина для неокрепших умов это просто "разводка для гоев"

[@Jem12345kor]

Мнимое "арийство" не имеет даже общего с дохристианской веры. Если бы тут хотя бы мы имели дело с чем-то подлинным, к примеру дохристианской верой, то и было бы о чем говорить. Но эти лекалы 20 века, продвигаемые ЦРУ в славянский мир... 🤮

[@darumadoll6615]

Ты че дурень что-ли? Это самые настоящие Русские люди, такие какими они были до Раскола: семъи, дети, вера, труд, любовь и дружба. Таких-бы в России побольше, глядишь и выжили-бы...

[@agathakourtesis1244]

Και στην Ελλαδα το ηδιο εγινε ..πολοι εμιναν με το παλιο ..ημουν πολυ μικρη και δεν καταλαβενα την γιαγγια μου οταν ενιστευε για της γιορτες εκανε νιστηα και με το παλιο και με το καινουργιο..μακαρι ολοι να πιστευαμε οπως αυτους ..

[@gabilaiou]

@@agathakourtesis1244 καμία σχέση!αυτοι δεν είναι του παλιού ημερολόγιο ,του παλιού ημερολόγιο είναι όλλοι η Ρώσοι ,αυτοί είναι σχισματική δυο ειδών κάποια δεν έχουν παπάδες οπός στις αρχές του χριστιανισμου

[@darumadoll6615]

Бог в помощь! May God help you!

[@charlesdorey4343]

Would this not be a good place for Agafia Lykov to live out her days?

[@m.w.6526]

I think she is content with her life in Russia, no matter how lonely it gets being alone.

[@ВиталийВасильченко-й4ю]

Агафья где родилась там только может жить

[@susansuewwilliams]

They speak Old Church Slavonic. They are actually no different than any Eastern Orthodox Christian, except they did not want to change to Modern Russian in their language, at home or in church. They wanted to keep the language of the Old Church Slavonic, which by the way in the lower 48 states many of the Russian Orthodox Churches still use in Divine Liturgy. Why does MSM always have to make a big deal about such things when it's really nothing at all; they are Eastern Orthodox as all of us, who are members of the One True Faith. MSM once again trying to disparage Russia and all that is Eastern Orthodox. Eastern Orthodoxy which by the way you have no understanding of, with your western roman christianality; yes protestantism came from western roman christianality. Not from the One True Faith, Orthodoxy.

[@troelspeterroland6998]

Well, Old Church Slavonic is their liturgical language but not the language of their daily lives. That's Russian.

[@richardsellsaz6865]

There were also numerous liturgical reforms that they reject of the ROC created in the 17th century.

[@mihanich]

Old church Slavonic has never been a spoken language among Russians. It came from Bulgaria in 10th century to Russia and has been alive only in books ever since. Their everyday language has always been a dialect if Russian. It's similar situation with Latin in western Europe.

[@jajohnson7809]

Thank God, some Old Believers returned to unity with the Orthodox Church. The rest are technically in schism, though they hold to Orthodox beliefs, kind of like the "True Orthodox" and "Genuine Orthodox" schismatics. Very sad, and I can't say I blame them for leaving considering the way they were treated.

[@annasimanovicki323]

He is my uncle

[@bnbcraft6666]

Anna Simanovicki the priest?

[@johncourtneidge]

Most interesting! Given Alaska's Russian past, I have wondered if Russian families, including Old Believer families had stayed when the US bought Alaska.

[@TheNeeyang]

These are more modern than the old believers in South America

[@originalunoriginal4055]

Those woman are covered similar to our Mother Mary (Jesus's mother) did.

[@Sweety-ut8zw]

Same as how muslims do

[@bouillonqube8076]

@@Sweety-ut8zw NO!

[@ethiop_frum]

The Old Believers are a schismatic movement of the Russian Orthodox Church. The reason for this phenomenon is Ukraine. In the XVII century, the Muscovite Kingdom, as the heir of Kievan Rus, expanded and could afford to return Kiev and the lands of Ukraine (this word means "Outskirts") under his care. However, by this time the Greek rite had become dominant in Ukraine, and with the Muscovite Kingdom the rite was different. For the sake of the return of Ukraine and the role of the great authority of the Constantinople rite, Russia went to the displacement of its ancient rite! This happened under Patriarch Nikon. Technically, not only was the rite different, work was required on translations and errors in the texts of the service, but ordinary people did not understand these translation errors, and the only thing that caught their eye was a "new rite". The dissenters became known as Old Believers

[@brandess13]

Super interesting! Thank you for this information. I would be so grateful to hear even more.. I was born in the United States, but both of my parents are Ukrainian and Russian, however, their parents did not share much information, so I’m kind of starting from Ground Zero here. My dads last name is Yakunin. Great grandfather is author Ivan Nikolaevich Zakhar’in Yakunin. (he published nine books) which the Czar did not like and sent him to Yakutia.

[@Jem12345kor]

Not the Oldbelievers are schismatic, but the Newbelievers(New "Orthodoxes", niconians), who broke away from the ancient Church of Christ. The Newbelievers were it, who banned their rightious ancestors and their orders they followed. The Oldbelievers are continuing the ancient Orthodox Church until yet and fo so until the second coming of Christ, while the Newbelievers took and copied many unchristian manners and customs from Papism, Protestantism and even from Islam, what not very likely leads to salvation...

[@TheDaymos777]

распев в храме отличный просто был

[@RH-ls5od]

I am part of that family the priest is also in Oregon

[@brandess13]

My fathers last name was Yakunin. His father came from Kislovodsk to Calgary in 1927 or so. I’d love to hear more about your family history if you feel like sharing!

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

Are there any Old Believers that have been in Alaska since Alaska was still a Russian Colony? Or did they all come in the 20th century?

[@chelsealarry]

They live in woodburn oregon too

[@unknowned2480]

I and E

[@checktheplaylist101]

The Tzar may have persecuted them but the Bolsheviks slaughtered them in the millions.

[@brandess13]

My grandfather narrowly escaped after being held captive for a decade, arrived in Calgary in the 1920’s.

[@TheodoreMacewko]

Did they cross themselves with 2 fingers to deny the trinity?

[@zachelfers1360]

Maybe in some future alternate history, the Old Believers will spread across the continent from the West, and the Amish from the East, the two meeting together somewhere in the middle.

[@3o9afa]

that was very interesting and I think they're more modern than The Amish

[@Jem12345kor]

The believe, the customs are much more ancient, but some parts of lifestyle, exspecially about technologies, are much more mordern. One interessting fact is, that in the Russian Empire the most industrialists and merchants were Oldbelievers. Mostly they made the industrialisation in Russia(pre-soviet), kind of like the protestants in the West

[@danielreutov1858]

They should follow up on this story. Maybe not national tele, but these communities are changing pretty quickly. Come back to niko today. They probably talk about how accomplished the basketball team there is.

[@HELESPONTify]

Trieste-Nikolaevsk(Alaska) great area of Slavic

[@cityplanconsultores2188]

The old believers settled in several countries of America: in Brazil, in Uruguay, in Bolivia and also in the USA

[@simp2662]

They have things in common with the Amish and Mennonites.

[@yarnednomady5535]

Barely

[@aniusaa1]

prosta krasivo

[@carlosmante]

Let's remember.............Alaska was first of Russian Culture before being of English Culture, so those "Old believers " were only returning to their Fatherland, Alaska.

[@aniish9857]

А они говорят по-русски?

[@kyriljordanov2086]

ani ish Po starij ruskij.

[@bouillonqube8076]

Yes

[@shtonker8]

Who's there Bishop?

[@apologiamixer]

I got to know a couple in Alaska years ago who was kicked out of the Old Believers because they started reading the bible on their own. They decided that having a house icon was too much like idolatry, so they gave it back to the priest and he disfellowshipped them.

[@sauvageaux]

[@zteaxon7787]

Jewish screeching intensifies. People living happily in a self-governed culture, community?

[@thatlady7193]

What are you talking about?? Hasidic Jews do the same in Brooklyn !

[@MrDoremouse]

You won't be wanting anaesthetic when you have a tooth out then ? PEACE :)

[@darumadoll6615]

Sure, they even don't have same-sex marriage and they keep having these kids! How backward! Unbelievable, isn't it?

[@esotericjahanism5251]

Daruma Doll LOL

[@dutchmountainsnake5379]

Daruma Doll how horrible!

[@MegaMikhy]

Daruma Doll what is backwards man all religion is bunk I don’t care how you look at it my mother was ostracized for marrying an American I’m so glad she did cause Lazar Bodonov is a punk and the only cool ones are the Masaligins!!!!!!!

[@Sweety-ut8zw]

The problem here is you with your modern day agenda and beliefs

[@immanuellth6071]

@@Sweety-ut8zw i think he just joking and say that pretending to be a liberal

[@nicky5683]

You cover this like its a bad thing....

[@phil3924]

Yikes, no diversity there. Don’t tell the SPLC

[@brandess13]

They always marry outside their tribe and there is a half Native American woman’s wedding featured in the short film. How did you miss it?!

[@darumadoll6615]

Sure they ain't so used at being filmed. Watch some Paris Hilton instead, she will certainly look more natural in a vid.

[@MegaMikhy]

Would live to meet in person and see how you talk then KULVA

[@veronikabah9878]

He's an American! How come that bishop has a Russian accent

[@cipndale]

Up to 1860 Alaska was Russian colony...

[@ettoredipugnar6990]

Hes not a Bishop . Hes an Archpriest

[@sandro5535]

They stay within themselves. Being a minination.

[@esotericjahanism5251]

San dro more of a tribe than a nation

[@sandro5535]

Needless impressive being how the west is falling. More and more of the west share fate with Detroit and they were like "hey if it aint broken dont fix it". Sadly they are Christians and those 3 Arabic religions are bad :/

[@petropetrika9542]

True Russians don't believe in Jewish God's but only themselves.....

[@patrickmartin8783]

“True Russians” what?

[@sethl7078]

Russia begs to differ lmao

[@petropetrika9542]

Fanatics ....

[@itwasagoodaccountmate1497]

if Jesus Christ is a jewish God how can there be a religion named CHRISTianity

[@petropetrika9542]

Fanatics

[@BillySmith808]

Looks like hell

[@myleechandara8412]

William D why?

[@patrickmartin8783]

Explain

[@justinmatthewa5393]

Fk atheist