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An expedition of Russian anthropologists from the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences to the capital of the Republic of Uganda Kampala and three other settlements was set to study the phenomenon of Ugandan Orthodoxy and Old Believers. Scientists have recorded features of the believers, traditions and customs of the people of Uganda. They note that the African Old Believers have never been subjected to serious research in Russian science, Russkaya Vera reports. The expedition became possible grace to a grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
Uganda became the third country in Africa (along with Egypt and Ethiopia) where the Orthodox community lives. They moved almost a hundred years ago thanks to the missionary work of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church. Now four Orthodox dioceses in the country maintain relations with religious organizations in Russia.
The studies of Russian scientists are multilateral social and cultural in nature. During the research of the Ugandan Orthodoxy and Old Believers the Russians recorded more than two dozen interviews, holly services in the Orthodox church, the Old Believers wedding, and also studied their lifestyle, cuisine and folklore. According to scientists, the interaction of cultures observed in some localities of Uganda, influenced the worldview and lifestyle of people and created a new group.
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