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[[File:PatrNikonMoscow.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Patri. Nikon with brotherhood of  New Jerusalem (Resurrection) Monastery, Moscow - 1660-1665.]] 
'''Nikon of Moscow''' (1605-81) was [[patriarch]] of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] from 1652 to 1658, during which he oversaw and enforced extensive revision of the church service books and practices in Russia to bring them in line with the books and practices of the Churches of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Alexandria. His policies for enforcing the reforms caused a backlash from the defenders of the old practices and resulted in a long standing [[schism]] in the [[church]] that has been referred to as the ''Raskol'' (Russian for "schism") with the defenders called ''[[Old Believers]]''.