Avvakum

23 hrs. 22 min.

Language Russian

Author Vladislav Bakhrevsky

Narrator Alexander Kotov

Description

Protopope Avvakum—leader of the Old Believers, who remained faithful to his beliefs to the very end. This book tells of the strength of spirit, true righteousness, and how the fates of ordinary people are shaped even in the harshest eras.

Protopope Avvakum was one of the main ideologues of the church schism and the leader of the Old Believer movement. Unbroken and uncompromising, he spent his entire life refusing to deviate from the principles he served until his final hour. Confident in his own righteousness, he was ready to relentlessly persecute those he considered unholy, and he openly challenged the Patriarch and even the Tsar—first paying for it with his rank, and then with his life. This book is a chronicle of human steadfastness, true righteousness, and the destinies of ordinary people. For even amid persecution, unrest, uprisings, and wars, everyday concerns and people’s choices remain an important part of history.

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