The Community of Lipovean Russians from Romania

Author(s): Onufrie Vinteler
Keywords: Lipovean Russians, minority, differences, religion, political context, history, Slavs, Russian Church
Journal: Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies
Year: 2002
Full text: http://www.jsri.ro/old/html%20version/index/no_3/onufrie_vinteler-articol.htm
Publisher: Seminar for the Interdisciplinary Research of Reli
Abstract: The author focuses on the topic of "Lipovean-Russian" from Romania, a denomination that he proposes as an alternative to the mainstream one, "Russian-Lipovean". The author of the paper documents on the history of this ethnic minority, which is also a religious one. In his analysis, the role of the Church is carefully examined, as it shaped the political context in which the Lipovean-Russians lived and their respective cultural life. The author also analyses the differences among different religious branches of this community.