A fragment of painting Boyarynya Morozova by Vasily Surikov depicting Feodosiya's arrest by the Nikonians in 1671. She holds two fingers raised: a hint of the old, i.e., "proper", way of cross-signing oneself: with two fingers, rather than with three.

Feodosiya Prokofievna Morozova (1632-1675) was one of the fiercest partisans of the Old Believer movement. Take from http://www. ... Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (Василий Иванович Суриков) (January 24, 1848 (Julian calendar: January 12) – March 19, 1916 (Julian calendar: March 6)) was a Russian painter, born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. ... Nikon (Ни́кон), born Nikita Minin (1605-1681), was patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1652 to 1658. ... The Sign of the Cross is a ritual performed mainly within Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, as well as Eastern-Rite Catholicism, Anglicanism, and Lutheranism. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim August 10 - Building of the Royal Greenwich Observatory began November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... A fragment of painting Boyarynya Morozova by Vasily Surikov depicting a defiant Old Believer arrested by Czar authorities in 1671. ...

She was born on May 21, 1632 into a family of the okolnichi Prokopy Feodorovich Sokovnin. At the age of 17, she was married to the boyar Gleb Morozov, brother to the tsar's tutor Boris Morozov. After her husband's early death in 1662, she retained a prominent position at the Russian court. May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... Okolnichiy (Окольничий in Russian) was an old rank and a position at the court of Russian rulers from the Mongol invasion of Russia until the government reform undertaken by Peter the Great. ... Boris Ivanovich Morozov (Борис Иванович Морозов in Russian) (1590 - 1661), Russian statesman and boyar, head of the government in mid 17th century. ... Events March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris May 3/May 2 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy...

During the Raskol, Feodosiya succumbed to the influence of Archpriest Avvakum and secretly took monastic vows with the name Theodora. She was instrumental in converting her sister, Princess Eudoxia Urusova, to Old Believer teachings. Painting by Vasily Perov. ... Avvakum Petrovich (1621-1682) was a Russian archpriest of Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch Nikons reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church. ...

After many misfortunes and exile to Siberia, the sisters were incarcerated in an underground cellar of the Borovsk Monastery, where Feodosiya was starved to death on December 1, 1675. Many Old Believer communities venerate her as a martyr. Borovsk (Боровск in Russian) is a town in the Kaluga Oblast in Russia. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim August 10 - Building of the Royal Greenwich Observatory began November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... A fragment of painting Boyarynya Morozova by Vasily Surikov depicting a defiant Old Believer arrested by Czar authorities in 1671. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. ...

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• Citations from Avvakum's correspondence with Morozova