Avvakum

Also known as Avvakum Petrov

Avvakum Petrov (; 20 November 1620/1621 – 14 April 1682; also spelled Awakum) was a Russian Old Believer and protopope of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikon's reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church. His autobiography and letters to the tsar and other Old Believers such as Feodosia Morozova are considered masterpieces of 17th-century Russian literature.

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Avvakum Petrovich Protopope, born Avvakum Petrovich Kondratyev in 1620, was a male priest, writer, and explorer in the Tsardom of Russia. He wrote in Russian and adhered to Eastern Orthodoxy. His notable works include The Autobiographical Saint’s Life of the Archpriest Avvakum, Povestʹ o boi͡aryne Morozovoĭ, and Zhitie protopopa Avvakuma, im samim napisannoe, i drugie ego sochinenii͡a. He is recognized as a saint.

He died by burning in Pustozersk on April 14, 1682. His life and works are described by sources such as the Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, Russian Biographical Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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Born: 1620 or 1
Died: 1682
Works: 23

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Povestʹ o boi͡aryne Morozovoĭ
The life of the Archpriest Avvakum
Zhitie protopopa Avvakuma, im samim napisannoe, i drugie ego sochinenii͡a
Zhitie protopopa Avvakuma, im samim napisannoe, i drugie ego sochinenii︠a︡
Poslanii︠a︡ i chelobitnye

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Key facts

Saint.name: Avvakum Petrov
Saint.image: Avvakum.jpg
Saint.imagesize: 200px
Saint.titles: Great Martyr
Saint.birth_date: 20 November 1620/21
Saint.birth_place: Grigorovo, Nizhny Novgorod
Saint.death_date: 14 April 1682 (aged 60 or 61)
Saint.death_place: Pustozyorsk
Saint.death_cause: Death by burning
Saint.feast_day: Repose: 14 April
Saint.major_shrine: Pustozyorsk, Russia
Saint.attributes: Dressed in a priest's robes, holding the two-fingered sign of the cross
Saint.patronage: Russia
Saint.venerated_in: Old Believers (Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Petrov
Gender: male
Citizenship: Tsardom of Russia
Place of death: Pustozersk
Occupation: explorer
Languages spoken: Russian
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
Notable work: The Autobiographical Saint’s Life of the Archpriest Avvakum
Image: Protopop Avvakym.jpg

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Commons category: Avvakum Petrov
date of birth: 1620-11-20
date of death: 1682-04-00
cause of death: death by burning
canonization status: saint
writing language: Russian
birth name: Аввакум Петрович Кондратьев

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Life and writings
''The Life of the Archpriest Avvakum''
Historical background
Schism of the Russian Church
Persecution of Avvakum and the Old Believers
Genre
Content
Early life
Exile in Siberia and expedition to Dauria
Return to Moscow and imprisonment in Pustozersk
Exorcisms of Devils
Themes
Protest of Nikonian heresy
Endurance of physical violence
Holy and supernatural elements
Depiction of Siberian nature
Style
Legacy
English translations
References
Further reading
External links

==Life and writings== thumb|302x302px|Burning of Archpriest Avvakum, Old Believer icon, late 17th to early 18th century) He was born in , in present-day Nizhny Novgorod. Starting in 1652 Nikon, as the patriarch of the Russian Church, initiated a wide range of reforms in Russian liturgy and theology. These reforms were intended mostly to bring the Russian Church into line with the other Eastern Orthodox Churches of Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

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