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The World Old Believer Forum has opened on October 1 in the Russian capital, TASS reports. House of The Russian Abroad named after Solzhenitsyn hosts the event. Representatives of the Old Believers communities of Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Estonia etc. gathered there. Guests came even from South America.
As Russkiy Mir reported, the forum plays the role of an international platform for meeting of the Old Believers' clergy, members of public organizations, scientists and businessmen. One of the main tasks is to strengthen the interaction of the Old Believers who live in different countries. The forum is supposed to be a social and cultural event.
In the opinion of Metropolitan Korniliy, head of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church, the experience of the Old Believers is very useful for the modern world. He explains that the Old Believers keep traditions. Old Believers have large families, reject bad habits, work hard and are patriots.
Despite the existence of canonical contradictions between the groups of Old Believers, they still have much in common.
The forum helps to define what can unite the Old Believers, Metropolitan Korniliy explains.
Relations between the state and the church both in Russia and abroad, strengthening of spiritual and cultural ties in the social, cultural and humanitarian spheres are also on agenda. The 398th anniversary of protopope Avvakum will be celebrated there.
The resettlement of Old Believers from Latin American countries to Russia will be discussed.
Russkiy Mir
