Old Believer Church of Russia (2005)

Painting by Vasily Surikov Boyarynya Morozova.

Portraits of Tsarevna Sophia, Peter I (the Great).

Interview with Doctor of Historical Sciences Elena Yukhimenko about the life of the Old Believers during the reign of Peter I; about the conversion of the Bosnian Metropolitan Ambrose to the Old Believers; about the differences that exist in the Orthodox and Old Believer confessions.

Portrait of Empress Catherine II (the Great).

Engravings depicting the city and Old Believer churches in Moscow.

Portrait of Emperor Nicholas I. Photographs of destroyed Old Believer churches, Old Believer clergy, female nuns; peasant families, Old Believer flock.

Engraving depicting the Bosnian Metropolitan Ambrose.

Old Believer church: service in the church.

Female parishioners.

Old Believer cemetery in Moscow: Kuznetsov's grave, memorial sarcophagi of the Morozovs and Belokrinitskys.

Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

Church service.

Interview with the representative of the Old Believer Metropolitanate Romil Khrustalev about the rules of conduct in an Old Believer church; about wearing a beard.

Male choir.

Music stand with Old Russian application of hook notes: hook writing.

Service.

Religious procession.

Father Alexy (Uminsky) talks with Metropolitan Andrian at the Moscow residence of the Old Believer Metropolitanate in Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

The discussion covers the process of the revival of the Old Believer Church; the changes taking place due to the influence of modern progress; the issue of preserving the family way of life and traditions in the Old Believers.

Father Alexy (Uminsky) talks with Metropolitan Andrian at the Moscow residence of the Old Believer Metropolitanate in Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

The issues discussed include the attitude of Old Believers to representatives of other faiths who enter the church during the service; print and online publications open to the public; cooperation with the Russian Orthodox Church.

A family of Old Believers walking along Stary Arbat.

Young parents with children.

Photoshoot in an apartment: icons, religious literature.

Old Believer church on Belorusskaya.

Old Believer religious procession (photos).

Clothes, accessories.

Interview with Mother Margarita about a woman's responsibilities in the family, about raising children.

Mother Margarita rings the bells.

On the 100th anniversary of the "gaining of spiritual freedom": the publication by Emperor Nicholas II of the decree "On strengthening the principles of religious tolerance".

Temples of the Old Believer Church in the territory of the Rogozhskaya Sloboda in Moscow.

Parishioners on the street.

Interview with the archivist of the Moscow Old Believer Metropolitanate Viktor Bochenkov.

Interior of the temple.

Interview with the representative of the Old Believer Church from Sweden Flavian Bergstrom.

Religious procession.

Bell tower under reconstruction (in scaffolding).

Bell installation: ringing of bells.

Bell ringer in the bell tower.

Interview with the bell ringer of the Rogozhskaya bell tower Pavel Markelov about the blagovest.

Parishioners of the Pokrovsky Cathedral in Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

Interview with the archivist of the Moscow Old Believer Metropolitanate Viktor Bochenkov about the reasons for the closed nature of the Old Believers.

Religious procession.

Clergymen of the Old Believer Church carry icons out of the Temple and walk through the territory of Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

Parishioners at the Pokrovsky Cathedral.

A woman films on an amateur video camera.

Interview with an Old Believer who arrived for the service from Sweden.

Service in the Temple.

Choir.

Singers at a music stand with hook notes.

Interior of the Pokrovsky Cathedral: icons, frescoes, decorative elements.

The center of the capital's Old Believers - Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

The dome of the Old Believers' Temple; panorama of the clouds.

The facade of the temple.

The church in scaffolding - under restoration.

Summer shooting.

Service in the Temple.

Bishop Andrian blesses the parishioners.

Interior of the temple.

Burning candles at the iconostasis.

Bishop Andrian, surrounded by the clergy, is photographed for a group shot near the church in Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

The bell ringer on the bell tower: ringing.

The bell installation (close-up).

Cemetery in Rogozhskaya Zastava.

Family crypts of the Pugovkins, Morozovs, Solovyovs.

Grave of the Metropolitan of Moscow - Alimpiy, Archbishop Savvaty, Matvey Kuznetsov (porcelain manufacturer).

The text of the irmos on the music stand.

The male and female choirs perform canons during the service in the church.

The center of Moscow Old Believers: Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

Interview with Elena Yukhimenko.

The historian answers questions about interest in Old Believers; about the importance of preserving the religious way of life for Old Believers.

The Center of Moscow Old Believers: Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

Interview with Elena Yukhimenko.

Doctor of Historical Sciences talks about representatives of famous industrial dynasties in Russia, whose families were Old Believers; about the preservation by Old Believers of traditions and cultural and historical values, which are priceless from the point of view of the ethnic and state heritage of Russia.

Summer rain in the Rogozhskaya Sloboda area.

Puddles on the asphalt (close-up).

Raindrops.

Interview with Romil Khrustalev in the central church of Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

Answers questions about the peculiarities of the Old Believer church service, the influence of Patriarch Nikon's reforms on the ceremonial of services, ritual traditions during a visit to the church, the correctness of bowing, and the peculiarities of unison (single-voice) singing.

Explains what the podruchnik ("podrushnik") is used for.

Considers the likelihood of representatives of other faiths visiting the Old Believer church.

Interview with Romil Khrustalev in the central church of Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

Talks about the peculiarities of the cut of the clothes of parishioners and clergy in the church.

Explains the tradition of wearing a beard for men, talks about new dioceses and young clergy, about the changes taking place in the church in the context of modern times.

Statistical data of the followers of the Old Believer Church in Russia are provided.

Romil Khrustalev talks about the release of printed information publications: "Metropolitan Herald", the magazine "Church".

The issue of differences and identities between the Old Believer and Orthodox confessions is raised.

About the attitude to alcohol and certain foods.

The interior of the Church.

Icons.

Romil Khrustalev talks about one of the most important symbols of the Old Believers - the rosary (ladders) - their importance during the recitation of prayer.

Lestovka (braided rosary) - close-up.

The center of Moscow Old Believers: Rogozhskaya Sloboda.

Interview with Elena Yukhimenko.

From the history of the emergence of Old Believers: the influence of the church reform of Patriarch Nikon, the consequences of innovations; persecutions to which Old Believer communities were subjected in various historical eras, the attitude of the state and official church authorities to Old Believers.

Who was called a schismatic.

Family dynasties of Old Believers.

Division in the Old Believer Church.

The Council of 1832. The transition of Bosnian Metropolitan Ambrosius (Metropolitan Belokrinitsky) to the Old Believers.

Explanations are given to understand who is an Old Believer and who considers himself an Old Believer.

Funeral service and burial ceremony for Metropolitan Adrian of the Moscow Old Believer Belokrinitskaya Church.

Service in the church.

Lit candles.

Video footage: Metropolitan Adrian leaves the building, gets into a car.

Cemetery.

Funeral ceremony.