“The Objection of the Followers of the Ozersk Council” as a Source on the History of the Controversy About Marriage Among the Old Believers-Pomeranians of the Southern Trans-Urals
The article discusses the composition of the Old Believers of the Pomeranian consent of the Southern Trans-Urals “The objection of the followers of the Ozersk Council” (1905). During this period there was an active discussion within the Pomorian Soglasie concerning possibility to enter into marriage without any priest’s blessing (“unblessed” - the marriage that was not performed by a priest). Part of the Old Believers considered such marriages to be legal, while the other part disagreed. The polemic on this issue within the Soglasie resulted in a split among the supporters of the “unblessed” marriages. Part of the Old Believers, who followed the Ozersk Council of June, 29, 1875 took the position of obligatory rebaptizing of the Fedoseevtsy and Filippovtsy representatives as they refused “unblessed” marriages. Later the practice of re-baptizing was extended to the Pomortsy, who did not accept “unblessed” marriages. The position of one of the parties is reflected in the essay under study. The article summarizes the information on the identified copies of the essay (four manuscripts of the twentieth century), their relationship to each other, and gives a brief overview of the content of the essay. The article is based on the materials of manuscripts stored in the manuscript collection of the Laboratory of Archeographical Research of the Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin.