Author Topic: Russian Family Cut Off From All Human Contact For 40 Years (Read 1999 times)

Nadir · « **on:** February 04, 2013, 06:55:02 PM »

For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II

An interesting read:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html

s2srea · « **Reply #1 on:** February 04, 2013, 07:15:46 PM »

This gave the crazy idea that it would have been amazing to see the same happen with Catholics pre and post VII! What a story that would be!

Nadir · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2013, 08:25:05 PM »

Quote from: s2srea

This gave the crazy idea that it would have been amazing to see the same happen with Catholics pre and post VII! What a story that would be!

Interesting you should say that! According to: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426794/Old-Believer

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Old Believer, Russian Starover, member of a group of Russian religious dissenters who refused to accept the liturgical reforms imposed upon the Russian Orthodox Church by the patriarch of Moscow Nikon (1652–58

and a happy ending, at least to the Britannica article

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In 1971 the Council of the Russian Orthodox Church completely rescinded all the anathemas of the 17th century and recognized the full validity of the old rites.

Nadir · « **Reply #3 on:** February 05, 2013, 03:07:06 PM »

The last remark was made tongue in cheek (just in case somebody thinks i am an accordista).

Here is a blog that was a link on the article - well worth reading.

http://stranniki.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/how-to-live-substantively-in-our-times.html

trento · « **Reply #4 on:** February 06, 2013, 02:50:31 AM »

Quote from: Nadir

Quote from: s2srea
This gave the crazy idea that it would have been amazing to see the same happen with Catholics pre and post VII! What a story that would be!

Interesting you should say that! According to: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426794/Old-Believer

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Old Believer, Russian Starover, member of a group of Russian religious dissenters who refused to accept the liturgical reforms imposed upon the Russian Orthodox Church by the patriarch of Moscow Nikon (1652–58

and a happy ending, at least to the Britannica article

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In 1971 the Council of the Russian Orthodox Church completely rescinded all the anathemas of the 17th century and recognized the full validity of the old rites.

Unfortunately, we cannot compare trad Catholics with the history of the Russian Old Believers because what Patriarch Nikon did was to streamline Russian practice with that of the Greeks (where they initially got their faith from!).

MrsZ · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2013, 10:37:06 AM »

That was a fascinating story. Thank you for posting the link.

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2013, 11:01:01 AM »

Quote from: Nadir

Quote from: s2srea
This gave the crazy idea that it would have been amazing to see the same happen with Catholics pre and post VII! What a story that would be!

Interesting you should say that! According to: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426794/Old-Believer

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Old Believer, Russian Starover, member of a group of Russian religious dissenters who refused to accept the liturgical reforms imposed upon the Russian Orthodox Church by the patriarch of Moscow Nikon (1652–1658).

and a happy ending, at least to the Britannica article

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In 1971 the Council of the Russian Orthodox Church completely rescinded all the anathemas of the 17th century and recognized the full validity of the old rites.

So from 1658 to 1971 (313 years) all they had to do was wait patiently to be
"regularized" -- hey, maybe +Fellay ought to read about this!

LaramieHirsch · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2013, 01:29:55 PM »

:shocked:

Amazing. Simply amazing.

I wish I could have met these people. I would've brought them seeds and kettles and wooden planks, shovels, and all that.

I'm proud of them, and at the same time, their story makes me so sad.

Amazing.

ggreg · « **Reply #8 on:** April 10, 2013, 05:39:13 PM »

Truly amazing docuмentary. I loved it.

The story of the sole survivor of this family of Russian Old Beleivers.

Incredulous · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2013, 12:18:14 AM »

Quote from: s2srea

This gave the crazy idea that it would have been amazing to see the same happen with Catholics pre and post VII! What a story that would be!

That's a great idea for a movie script.