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==History==
The Sobor was convened in 1666 in Moscow during the reign of Tsar Alexis by Metropolitan [[Pitirim of Moscow|Pitirim of Krutitsy]], [[locum tenens]] after the retirement of [[Patriarch]] [[Nikon of Moscow|Nikon]] to a [[monastery]] after a dispute with Tsar Alexis. In addition to the Tsar, [[Joasaph II (Novotorzhets) of Moscow|Joasaph (Novotorzhets)]] who became [[patriarch]] during the sobor, and Russian [[clergy]], those attending the sobor included Patriarch [[Macarius III (Zaim) of Antioch|Macarius of Antioch]], Metropolitans Athanasius of Iconium (representing the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]) and Ananias of Sinai (representing the [[Patriarch of Jerusalem]]), and Patriarch [[Païsius Paisius of Alexandria]] who presided.
The council officially established the reforms that had been brought forward during the patriarchate of Patr. [[Nikon of Moscow|Nikon]] and anathematized all those who opposed the changes to the old Russian books and rites made to comply with the Church's liturgical unity. Even the old Russian books and rites themselves were anathematized. [[Old Believers|Old Ritualists]] were condemned for refusing to comply with such liturgical changes as celebrating [[feast days]] on the same day as the rest of the Orthodox Churches, making the sign of the cross with three fingers instead of two, and not kneeling on Sundays.
One of the decisions during the sober sobor was a specific ban on a number of depictions of God the Father and the [[Holy Spirit]], which then resulted in a whole range of other [[icon]]s being placed on the forbidden list.<ref>Oleg Tarasov, 2004 ''Icon and devotion: sacred spaces in Imperial Russia'' ISBN 1861891180 page 185</ref>
Also, the sober forbad sobor forbade the iconographic depiction of the [[Holy Trinity]] with [[God]] the Father as an old man and the [[Holy Spirit]] as a dove, because it transgressed the rules of Orthodox [[iconography]] as expressed by the [[Seventh Ecumenical Council]], and because the form of this image is of unorthodox Western origin.
==Reference==
==Sources==
*[[Wikipedia: Moscow_Sobor_of_1666–1667]]
*[http://genuineorthodoxchurch.com/moscow_1666.htm Council of Moscow (Pan-Orthodox Council)]
*[[Wikipedia: Old_Believers]]
[[Category: Councils]]
[[pt:Sínodo de Moscou (1666-1667)]]