Avvakum

Also known as Avvakum Petrov

Avvakum Petrov (; 20 November 1620/1621 – 14 April 1682; also spelled Awakum) was a Russian Old Believer and protopope of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church. His autobiography and letters to the tsar and other Old Believers such as Feodosia Morozova are considered masterpieces of 17th-century Russian literature.

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Born: 1620 or 1
Died: 1682
Works: 23

Top works

Povestʹ o boi͡aryne Morozovoĭ
The life of the Archpriest Avvakum
Zhitie protopopa Avvakuma, im samim napisannoe, i drugie ego sochinenii͡a
Zhitie protopopa Avvakuma, im samim napisannoe, i drugie ego sochinenii︠a︡
Poslanii︠a︡ i chelobitnye

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Recent publications · Crossref

4 total works indexed

Archpriest Avvakum: The Life Written by Himself
· 1980
The Life Written by Himself
· 2021
The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum by Himself
· 1965
The Life of Avvakum
· 2019

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Key facts

Saint.name: Avvakum Petrov
Saint.image: Avvakum.jpg
Saint.imagesize: 200px
Saint.titles: Great Martyr
Saint.birth_date: 20 November 1620/21
Saint.birth_place: Grigorovo, Nizhny Novgorod
Saint.death_date: 14 April 1682 (aged 60 or 61)
Saint.death_place: Pustozyorsk
Saint.death_cause: Death by burning
Saint.feast_day: Repose: 14 April
Saint.major_shrine: Pustozyorsk, Russia
Saint.attributes: Dressed in a priest's robes, holding the two-fingered sign of the cross
Saint.patronage: Russia
Saint.venerated_in: Old Believers (Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church)

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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections

Contents

Life and writings
''The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum''
Historical background
Schism of the Russian Church
Persecution of Avvakum and the Old Believers
Genre
Content
Early life
Exile in Siberia and expedition to Dauria
Return to Moscow and imprisonment in Pustozersk
Exorcisms of Devils
Themes
Protest of Nikonian heresy
Endurance of physical violence
Holy and supernatural elements
Depiction of Siberian nature
Style
Legacy
English translations
References
Further reading
External links

==Life and writings== thumb|302x302px|Burning of Archpriest Avvakum, Old Believer icon, late 17th to early 18th century) He was born in , in present-day Nizhny Novgorod. Starting in 1652 Nikon, as the patriarch of the Russian Church, initiated a wide range of reforms in Russian liturgy and theology. These reforms were intended mostly to bring the Russian Church into line with the other Eastern Orthodox Churches of Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

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