Raskol

See also: raskol

English

Etymology

From Russian раскол (raskol).

Proper noun

Raskol

  1. (Christianity, historical) A mid-17th-century schism that split the Russian Orthodox Church into an official church and the Old Believers movement, triggered by the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in 1653, which aimed to establish uniformity between Greek and Russian church practices.
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