he Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (or Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church, Russian Orthodox Old-Ritualist Church) (Russian Русская Православная Старообрядческая Церковь) is an Eastern Orthodox Church of the Old Believers tradition, born from a schism within the Russian Orthodox Church following the liturgical reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the second half of seventeenth century (Old Believers). It is one of the two Old Believers churches that belong to the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy—the other being its "Mother Church," the Orthodox Old-Rite Church, sometimes also called Lipovan Orthodox Oldritualist Church.
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| - he Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (or Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church, Russian Orthodox Old-Ritualist Church) (Russian Русская Православная Старообрядческая Церковь) is an Eastern Orthodox Church of the Old Believers tradition, born from a schism within the Russian Orthodox Church following the liturgical reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the second half of seventeenth century (Old Believers). It is one of the two Old Believers churches that belong to the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy—the other being its "Mother Church," the Orthodox Old-Rite Church, sometimes also called Lipovan Orthodox Oldritualist Church.
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| - he Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (or Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church, Russian Orthodox Old-Ritualist Church) (Russian Русская Православная Старообрядческая Церковь) is an Eastern Orthodox Church of the Old Believers tradition, born from a schism within the Russian Orthodox Church following the liturgical reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the second half of seventeenth century (Old Believers). It is one of the two Old Believers churches that belong to the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy—the other being its "Mother Church," the Orthodox Old-Rite Church, sometimes also called Lipovan Orthodox Oldritualist Church. Since the 18th century until the Council of 1988, the official self-designation of this Church was the Old Orthodox Church of Christ (Древлеправославная Церковь Христова) which should not be confused with Russian Old-Orthodox Church, another church of the Old Believers. Drevlepravoslavie ("Old/Ancient Orthodoxy") was the common self-designation of the Old Believers and their cause since the seventeenth century. The head of the Church carries the title of Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (since 1988), with residence at the Rogozhskoye cemetery in Moscow. The current head of the Church, Metropolitan Korniliy (Titov) (formerly, the archbishop of Kazan and Vyatka was elected by the Most Holy Council on October 18, 2005. He was installed as Metropolitan on October 23, 2005.
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