Avvakum
Russian protopope (1620/21 – 1682) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Avvakum Petrov (Russian: Аввакум Петров; 20 November 1620/21 – 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 Boyarynya Morozova are considered masterpieces of 17th-century Russian literature.
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Avvakum Petrov | |
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Great Martyr | |
Born | 20 November 1620/21 Grigorovo, Nizhny Novgorod |
Died | 14 April 1682 (aged 60 or 61) Pustozyorsk |
Venerated in | Old Believers (Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church) |
Major shrine | Pustozyorsk, Russia |
Feast | Repose: 14 April |
Attributes | Dressed in a priest's robes, holding the two-fingered sign of the cross |
Patronage | Russia |
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For the Russian first name, see Avvakum (given name).