Fedoseevtsy

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Fedoseevtsy, also Fedoseyans (федосеевцы, феодосиевцы in

Imperial Russia. They have become one of the denominations among the Bespopovtsy (the priestless Old Believers
).

The Fedoseevtsy movement, founded by an ex-

Preobrazhenskoye cemetery in Moscow. With the development of social inequality among the Fedoseevtsy, their doctrine
gradually began to lose its elements of social protest. In 1848 they adopted the custom of praying for the Tsar. In the second half of the 19th century, a group of the so-called "newlyweds" (новожёны) detached itself from the Fedoseevtsy movement, acknowledging the institution of marriage.

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