Stranniki

The Stranniki (Russian for Runaways or Wanderers) are the strong Pomorsky Old Believers who rejected prayers for Tsar Peter and all government papers (identification, passports, money, etc). They would not wear clothing contrary to Old Orthodox Russia, nor eat with those of contrary Faith and Practice. Keeping themselves separate from the antichrist society they went far into the Siberian wilderness. This blog is about these people and my effort to conform my life to theirs.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Do Good Works Save Us?

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St. Mark the Ascetic Even though knowledge is true, it is still not firmly established if unaccompanied by works. For everything is establ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

‘Spiritual’ Marriage

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Harvard Theological Studies, X, Russian Dissenters, The Bezpopovtsy, The Stranniki, Pages 160, 2-3 ...the [Stranniki] initiates are unde...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Stranniki Would Never Pay Taxes

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The Stranniki would have nothing to do with any aspect of Antichrist; they would not touch money, which bore the ruler’s portrait and the st...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

A “Padpolniki”

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In many villages there was reserved a place in a cellar, called “Padpolniki” for a chance strannik, or wanderer. A strannik must agonize him...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

How To Completely Renounce The World

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A certain young monk asked an elder, “Father, now do I have to completely renounce the world?” “Fear not,” answered the elder, “if you liv...
Monday, November 9, 2009

If we obey God, God will obey us.

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The early desert father, Abba of Iliu, said, “Obedience begets obedience, if a man obeys God, God will obey him.” (Vol. 2, Paradise of the D...
Sunday, November 8, 2009

Worthless Gold

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The New-Rite Greeks have Kosmas Aitolos whom they call a holy prophet that spoke of the end times in this manner, “we would give thousands...
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