Pseudo-Old Believer Group of “Metropolitan” Makary (Mamontov): New Challenge to Church Unity
The article considers an obscure non-canonical religious group of “metropolitan” Makary (Mamontov) which positions itself as the “Old Orthodox Church” and seeks unity with the Old Believer jurisdictions. At the same time the group is a typical representative of the infamous “Tsarebozhism” movement and professes the sainthood of Grigory Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible and other people popular in some circles. It is extremely negative to the canonical Russian Orthodox Church and is typical disciplinary-psychological group of schismatics.