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More than three centuries after the historic split in the Russian Orthodox Church, Old Believers want to defend their rights and heritage.

"We exist. Not only in museums and history books," says Mikhail Shakhov, a respected figure in the one of the two Old Believers' churches in Moscow.

"Of course, it's not said loud and clear. But it is reality," Shakhov said.

"From now on, we talk to each other and organize ourselves. As a result, the government listens to us and takes us seriously. The Kremlin, which was talking to Catholics, Muslims and Jews but not to Old Believers, put an end to this discriminatory situation.”

Renewal

The year 2020 will mark an important milestone with the 400th anniversary of the birth of Archpriest Avvakum. From his cathedral in Kazan, he led the opposition to the reforms of Patriarch Nikon who, from 1652, reformed the Russian liturgy, the starting point for the 1666 schism.

"Even today, we still consider that it is the Patriarchate and not us who left the real Church. It is he who continues to be deprived of divine grace," insists Shakhov.

But behind the dogmatic firmness, there is a plan for a dialogue to accord greater recognition for Old Believers. As a result, next year, Archpriest Avvakum, whose writings are considered masterpieces of

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