Avvakum
Sign in to saveAvvakum 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.
Person · Open Library
- 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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- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 11
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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
Key dates
- Born
- 20 November 1620
- Died
- April 1682
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Petrov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Tsardom of Russia
- Place of death
- Pustozersk
- Occupation
- explorer
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Image
- Protopop Avvakym.jpg
Article
22 sectionsContents
- 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
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.
==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.