Postniki
The Postniki ( Russian постники , wiss. Transliteration Postniki ) (the fasting) - a branch of the Christowowery ( Христововеры , Christovovery ) or Chlysten (flagellants) - were a Russian sect that was founded in the first half of the 19th century by Abbakum Kopylov ( Аббакум Копылов ) (1756–1838), a farmer from Tambov Oblast , was founded.
Kopylov declared himself the "living Christ " and gathered a considerable number of followers around him in the 1820s. They were subject to strict dietary regulations. They were not allowed to eat meat, fish, onions, potatoes and garlic.
After Kopylov's death, it split into different branches, the largest being the Stary Israil (Old Israel) movement led by his student Perfil Katasonow . The Russian and Soviet historian of religion AI Klibanow (1910-1994) met a few Postniki in Rasskasowo in 1959 .
literature
- Daniel H. Shubin, The History of Russian Christianity, Volume III: The Synodal Era and the Sectarians, 1725 to 1894 , Algora Publishing (2005), ISBN 9780875864266 ( online text )
See also
Web links
- Постники (Russian)
- Postniki (English)
- New Israel (English)
- Olga Dekhtevich: History of the Khlyst Movement in Russia, 1850-2000 (English)