Old Believers

Margaret Hixon's 1981 film documents a real-life wedding in the Old Believer settlements of Marion County, Oregon, in the years 1979 and 1980. The film briefly touches on a wealth of traditional arts (embroidery, clothing construction, weaving, vernacular architecture, folk song and foodways) and beautifully presents a whole series of rituals -- the "devichnik" (engagement party), "selling" the bride and her braid, the wedding feast, the bargaining over the dowry, and the ceremony of bestowing gifts and advice to the newlyweds. In English and Russian with subtitles or voice-over translations. (for more information on the Old Believers go to http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/oldbelievers/index.html

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[Ettoredipugnar]

Old Belivers are true.

[MrRobokoper]

Old Believers are not sect they are true!

[QiGongNRG]

@QiGongNRG

BTW-I see alot of my relatives that I see in church in this old film.

[QiGongNRG]

Old believers have not changed and have stayed the same ever since the beginning of THE original church of Christ and the Troyesta during the time of Emperor Constantine of the Byzantium (Greek) Empire in 400 century. Unchanged for 1600 years. How old is Protestism, Mormonism, Baptism and on and on.... Follow our lent one season, lets see if you have enough will power. The true test of human sacrifice.

[MrKUZMA1]

НАША ТЕМА!!!

[ayebaybayy2]

i would love to watch this on the folkstream site but it wont let me could you help in anyway?

thnks-

[slawayaru]

Russian Old Beliervers are not a sect. Moreover, they are definately NOT AN EQUIVALENT of Western Protestantism as to the Russian Orthodox Church. They did not revolt, they did not change anything. They followed the old traditions going back to St. Sergius, St. Alexander Nevsky, St. Vladimir or even earlier times. Both churches have the authority. Russian Orthodox Church abolished its rulings against Old Believers.

[EverythingZen14]

I still respect the OB, tho, and I liked the video. Thanks for posting.

[EverythingZen14]

I agree with the mainstream Orthodox Church, but I must admit that some (only some) modern forms of Western Choral singing do bother me a little bit. I just cant place my finger on why I am bothered by certain styles.

[EverythingZen14]

Technically, every 'flavor' of Christianity is a 'sect'. Sect is not a synonym for cult in English, there is nothing negative associated with the term sect.

I read some about the Old Believers (OB). It seems there are many different 'denominations' of OB, and most are not in communion with each other. OB remind me very much of the closest equivallent to a Russian Orthodox form of Western Protestantism.