Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church
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The Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church (or Orthodox Old-ritualist Church, Orthodox Old-Rite Church) is the Romanian-based Old Believer jurisdiction of the Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy.
The head of the Church carries the title of Archbishop of Belo-Krinitsa and Metropolitan of All Old Orthodox Christians. His see is officially (not in fact) in Bila Krynytsya (Bukovina), his residence in Brăila, Romania (current titular: Metropolitan Leontius (Izot) since 24 October 1996).
History[edit]
Lipovans are Russian Old Believers who fled Russia in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, in order to escape the persecution of their faith.
Eparchies[edit]
Four eparchies in Romania:
- Eparchy of Brăila and Tulcea
- Eparchy of Slava
- Eparchy of Bukovina and Moldavia
- Eparchy of North America, Western Europe, Australia and Georgia of the former Soviet Union
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