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: Well, "Old Believers" is the most usual name in English, and it's how they're listed in printed encyclopedias. "Old Ritualists" is the more literal translation of the Russian name (I believe). --[[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] 22:02, 15 Apr 2005 (CDT)
Did Patriarch Nikon cause the schism as this article suggests? Perhaps this should be discussed much more.
http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/nikon.htm
Metropolitan Macarius, and others point toward the state, and not the patriarch, as the main cause.