Events
Church reform and schism
Nikon and the Old Believers
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- 1653–1667
The revision of books and changes to rites met resistance from some clergy and laypeople. The councils of 1666–1667 deposed Nikon but upheld the reforms and condemned adherents of the old rites. The schism lasted far longer than the period marked here.
- Monarch
- Alexei Mikhailovich
- Principal figures
- Nikon; Archpriest Avvakum