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Entry: Avvakum Petrovich of Russia - A3880046
Author: Shagbark- a very Merry Christmas to everyone - U170775

I ran across this five year old article and decided to see if I could get it into shape that would be acceptable for the EG.
It ids nice to see someone willing to take a stand for something, and stick with it.

Avvakum faced the Russian chopping block exclaiming "We suffer and die for the truth...Here stands my throne" The Tsar had other ideas however and the Arch Priest was soon back in his jail cell where he continued his autobiography.
Pages of it continued to be smuggled out by his followers until 1676.

and justy a tiny bit about his wife.

Hi Shagbark, I'm surprised no-ones commented on this. Its a little gem. I'd never heard of this character before.
How did you come across this, its not a name that trips off the tongue.


BMT Scout

It is so long ago that I hardly remember. I think I was looking at something else and decided to see how the Russian Orthodox Church began,
and that led to Michigan Slavic Publications which had his autobiography on-line.
I figured I would write it up before I lost track of the link.
Then working on my new index I ran across it and said let's see what we can do with this.

Again, well done, it ticks all the boxes for the EG.


BMT Scout

and speaking of the EG- have you seen this:
F56584?thread=7964636

I presume that after relaunch the correct phrasing will be:
I has all the correct items for an "Approved Entry"

so here we are in the new H2G2.
does peer review still function?

Yes PR is alive and well, if somewhat low on active reviewers

The Russian Orthodox Church was hundreds of *years* old

<> Avvakum was ordained as a deacon at 21 and became a priest at 23.

<> Born Nikita Minov Nikon in 1605, after attaining power he went simply by the name Nikon.

In the *same* year

They believed that the center of Christendom had moved from Jerusalem to Rome to Constantinople to Moscow, that they were the guardians of the faith, and that any attack on their rituals was an attack on the heart of Christianity.

He proclaimed that it was the Greeks, not the Russians, who had preserved the correct forms of worship, and he had the power of the government to support his efforts.

He said in his *autobiography:*

I am going back to brunel to work on this.
The editing screens in the new H2G2 are confusing {headhurts}.

I did those edits (in brunel)
also put the title of the book in footnote 3 in Italics and added a full stop at the end of each footnote.

Some nitpicks:

17th Century Martyr Avvakum Petrovich (1620-1682)
-->
Avvakum Petrovich - 17th Century Martyr

17th century schism --> 17th Century schism

father was a Priest/became a Priest --> (no need to capitalise priest as it is not a proper noun)

truth...Here stands my throne" The Tsar
-->
truth... Here stands my throne". The Tsar

Called a masterpiece of Russian Literature "The Life,Written by Himself" has been
-->
Called a masterpiece of Russian Literature, "The Life, Written by Himself" has been

for his cause. 1
as recently as 19792
and ever. Amen."3
--> footnotes should be before punctuation, except perhaps the final full stop in a quote, and should thus be:
for his cause1.
as recently as 19792.
and ever. Amen.3"

Otherwise, good work

done

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Entry: Avvakum Petrovich of Russia - A3880046

or for those in New Hootoo that would be
http://www.bbc.co.uk/entry/A3880046
note this is the original copy- the recommended version is not out yet.

Finished version http://bbc.co.uk/entry/A82128774