Feodosiya Prokofievna Morozova
Feodosiya Prokofievna Morozova ( Russian Феодосия Прокофьевна Морозова ., Scientific transliteration Feodosija Prokof'evna Morozova * 1632 in Moscow , † November 2 . Jul / 12. November 1675 greg. In Borovsk ) was a Russian Bojarin and supporter Awwakums . She was imprisoned with her sister, Princess Urussowa ( Урусова ), from 1674 in the Pafnuti monastery in Borovsk Ostrog , where both starved to death. She is venerated as a martyr by some Old Believers .
Boyarynja Morozova
A painting by Vasily Surikov in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow shows her removal after her arrest in 1671. Her unbroken spirit is symbolized by the crucifixion with two - d. H. not with three - fingers in the style of the Old Believers . The cross with two fingers had been abolished as part of Nikon's church reforms .
literature
- Wassili Peskow: The forgotten of the taiga: the incredible story of a Siberian family beyond civilization . Goldmann, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-12637-1 .
- Margaret Ziolkowski: Tale of Boiarynia Morozova: A Seventeenth-Century Religious Life . Lexington Books (December 2000); ISBN 0739101773
Web links
- The Princess Urussowa by Wassilij Ivanovich Surikow
- Article Feodossija Prokofjewna Morosowa in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
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SURNAME | Morosowa, Feodosia Prokofievna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Морозова, Феодосия Прокофьевна (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Boyarin and supporter of Avakums |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1632 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1675 |
Place of death | Borovsk |