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 Russian settlers - possibly Molokans - in Azerbaijan's Mugan Steppe in the early 20th century. Photo taken between 1905 and 1915 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii. |
Molokans (Russian for "milk-drinkers": молокане) are sectarian Christians who evolved from "Spiritual Christian" Russian peasants that refused to obey the Russian Orthodox Church. Molokan practice was first sanctioned by the Nestorian Church in the 11th century in order to accomodate the conversion of some 200,000 Kerait Tatars to Nestorian Christianity . The epinomical practice in question being drinking milk on most of the approximately 200 fasting days, especially the Great Fast (Lent)— an activity which was prohibited by all other ecclesiastical authorities of the time. In contrast, they called themselves "true Spiritual Christians", rather than "milk-drinkers", because they could not accept the Russian Orthodox Church, nor the Protestant sects or the Catholic Church. They may have been influenced by an earlier religious sect of Armenian "Paulicians", who became known as the "Bogomils" of Thrace, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Serbia.
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| Molokan Home Page Molokan Home Page www.molokane.org - Web |
| Origin and Meaning of Molokan Surnames Origin and Meaning of Molokan Surnames www.doukhobor.org/Molokan.htm - Web |
| Mexico's Russian Colony Mexico's Russian Colony www.folklorico.com/peoples/baja-norte/molokans.html - Web |
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| Russians in Mexico Russians in Mexico www.usc.edu/dept/las/sll/russians_in_mexico.htm - Web |
| Molokans Living in Flats Molokans Living in Flats www.lalc.k12.ca.us/access/people/molokans/ - Web |
| Russian Molokan Church service, September 14, 1938 Russian Molokan Church service, September 14, 1938 international.loc.gov/ammem/afccchtml/0028.html - Web |
| Molokan Community Support Business Portal Molokan Community Support Business Portal www.molokanbusinesses.com - Web |
| The Guest - a 2009 film about Molokans in eastern ... The Guest - a 2009 film about Molokans in eastern Turkey www.molokane.org/.../2007_Molokan_short_film.html - Web |
| Detailed explanation of differences between Moloka... Detailed explanation of differences between Molokan, Prygun and Dukh-i-zhinik faiths, and between Molokan used as a religious and ethnic term www.molokane.org/molokan/Holidays/All_Holidays.htm - Web |
