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	Molokan Home Page
		Molokans cleverly embraced the negative label assigned by the Orthodoxy clergy to describe their heresy by substituting a definition for milk given in the Bible — the pure spiritual word of God, presented in 1 Peter 2:2.
		The 150 Russian Molokan and Jumper communities are mostly in the south, concentrated in the Northern Caucasus, throughout the Stavropol'skii krai, and the eastern Rostov oblast, Tselinskii raion.
		In time, Molokanism and Doukhoborism spread widely in central and southern Russia, but the burdens of religious intolerance and pressure to enter military service, which violates their religious principles, forced them to accept internal exile to the outlying regions of the Empire, where they gained a measure of religious toleration.
	www.molokane.org /molokan/index.html (9156 words)

	Molokan
		The Molokans (also called Doukhobors) are a "Biblically-centered" religious movement, which came out of the movement of Spiritual Christians[?] among the Russian peasants, who refused to join the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1600s.
		The first time the name "Molokan" was used was in the 1670s about the people who ignored the 200 fasting days, drinking milk (moloko = "milk" in Russian).
		In the 1800s, the government's policy was to send the heretics away from the center of the country into the Ukraine, central Asia, and the far east.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Molokan.html (258 words)

	Hetq Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Molokans rejected celibacy, the worship of saints and the cross, rituals, and the divinity of the Tsar and of icons.
		The Maximalists are considered uncompromising Molokans; religion is at the heart of their way of life, and there are punishments for deviating from it.
		Molokans consider her a "super Armenian" and like to say, "She came to live in our village and calls us to order." Zhenya makes her living by running her own small store, and by selling sauerkraut, the secret of which she learned from the Molokans, mainly in Yerevan.
	www.hetq.am /eng/society/0410-ml.html (1694 words)

	Molokan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Molokans (also called Doukhobors by non-Molokans) are a "Biblically-centered" religious movement, which came out of the movement of Spiritual Christians among the Russian peasants, who refused to join the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1600s.
		Molokans themselves did not completely reject the name—even adding words like "drinking of the spiritual milk of God" (according to I Peter 2:2, "Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation") Heretics were inhumanely punished in Tsarist Russia.
		Molokan HomePage Molokans are sectarian Bible-centered Christians who evolved from Spiritual Christian Russian peasants who refused to join the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1600s.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Molokan.html (424 words)

	Molokan - Thagodz Wiki
		Molokans denied the Czar's divine right to rule and rejected icons, Orthodox fasts, military service, the eating of unclean foods, and other practices, including water baptism.
		Molokans were ostracized from Russian society in the 1600s for their refusal to bear arms and for their refusal to assist in any form of military service.
		Molokans themselves did not completely reject the name—even adding words like "drinking of the spiritual milk of God" (according to I Peter 2:2, "Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation").
	www.thagodz.com /search/wiki/?title=Molokan (952 words)

	Molokan - Free net encyclopedia
		The Molokans (Template:Lang-ru) are a "Biblically-centered" sectarian religious movement, among the Russian peasants (serfs), who broke away from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1550s.
		Molokans denied the Czar's divine right to rule and rejected the icons, Orthodox fasts, military service, the eating of unclean foods, and other practices, including water baptism.
		Molokans can be found in Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Armenia, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Australia, Uruguay, Mongolia, northwest China, and in the United States.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Molokan (1105 words)

	Our PLACE Called Home - A History of Molokans in Boyle Heights
		The Molokan religion first appeared during the schismatic movement that shook the Russian Orthodox Church in the beginning of the modern era.
		In 1900, the Molokans petitioned the tzar for exemption from the war.
		One of the reasons might be that the Molokans left in an attempt to keep their culture and community from being assimilated into oblivion.
	www.lalc.k12.ca.us /access/people/molokans (975 words)

	Molokan Immigration Via Canada
		Six Molokans were detained at the Immigration Hospital in Quebec until July 15, 1905 and then deported due to trachoma.
		The Molokans were detained at the Immigration Hospital in Quebec for an indeterminate period.
		Therefore, do not expect to find your Molokan ancestor's name spelled as it is today; realize that your immigrant ancestor may have been illiterate and even if he or she could read Russian, they would not be able to recognize their written name in the records since it was written in English.
	www.doukhobor.org /Molokan-Immigration.htm (788 words)

	Blogrel » Molokans in Armenia
		The Molokans are a Russian sect, often known as the “old believers,” who left Russia for the Southern Caucasus in 1830 although their origins can be traced back to the 16th century.
		Many Molokans don’t like their photos taken, for example, and although my last visit to Fioletovo was surprisingly easy, this time was unexpectedly difficult.
		Nonetheless, the Molokans are stereotyped as hard working and there’s no doubt that they have struggled to keep their village very pleasant and clean compared to many Armenian villages that have given up in the face of adversity and limited funds from the community, regional and state budget.
	www.blogrel.com /2005/05/24/molokans-in-armenia (1104 words)

	Today in History: September 14
		Molokan singing is derived from patterns of Gregorian chants which were sung in the Russian Orthodox Church during the sixteenth century when the Molokans emerged as an ethnically and religiously distinct group.
		In the eighteenth century, the Molokans were identified with a larger peasant movement which protested the practices of Russia's tsarist government and the role the Russian Orthodox Church played in that government.
		After a series of pitched battles with the government, the Molokans were exiled to the frontier regions of the empire, first to the Ukraine, and later to the Russian Caucasus.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/sep14.html (988 words)

	Blogrel » Molokans in Azerbaijan
		Molokans in Armenia is one of our favorite topics here at Blogrel and while I knew that a small community also existing in Azerbaijan, I was surprised to read this today.
		While Molokans can be quite separate (out of choice) from the rest of Armenia in the villages at least, I think they are quite accepted selling sauerkraut at markets or doing remonds etc in Yerevan.
		I have Molokan friend in the United States, whos family had to flee away from the Azerbaijan during the collapse of the Soviet Union.
	www.blogrel.com /2005/07/20/molokans-in-azerbaijan (494 words)

	Ivan G. Samarin - The Great Molokan Communicator
		The subject of this sketch was born in February 1857 in the village of Mikhailovka, Kazasch district, Elizavetpol province, Russia (present-day Azerbaijzan).
		In 1879 and 1881, Samarin petitioned the authorities for permission for the Molokans to move to Kars and Transcaspian provinces, and he made arrangements for seed grain to be advanced to them.
		The Molokan community opened its purse and heart to this appeal, contributions being received from all members of all ages and of both sexes.
	www.doukhobor.org /Samarin.htm (1723 words)

	Suchmaschine
		The Molokans (Russian:) are a "Biblically-centered" religious movement, among Russian peasants (serfs), who broke away from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1550s.
		Molokans were ostracized from Russian society in the 1600s for their refusal to bear arms and for their refusal to assist in any form of military service.
		Molokans themselves did not completely reject the name-even adding words like "drinking of the spiritual milk of God" (according to I Peter 2:2, "Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation").
	www.dmoz.ch /lexikon.cgi?sprache=en&q=Molokan (1012 words)

	Molokan Home Page
		Molokans cleverly embraced the negative label assigned by the Orthodoxy clergy to describe their heresy by substituting a definition for milk given in the Bible —; the pure spiritual word of God, presented in 1 Peter 2:2.
		The 150 Russian Molokan and Jumper communities are mostly in the south, concentrated in the Northern Caucasus, throughout the Stavropol'skii krai, and the eastern Rostov oblast, Tselinskii raion.
		In time, Molokanism and Doukhoborism spread widely in central and southern Russia, but the burdens of religious intolerance and pressure to enter military service, which violates their religious principles, forced them to accept internal exile to the outlying regions of the Empire, where they gained a measure of religious toleration.
	molokane.org /molokan/Index.htm (9111 words)

	Molokan HomePage
		In time, Molokanism and Doukoborism spread widely in central and southern Russia, but the burdens of religious intolerance and pressure to enter military service, which violates their religious principles, forced them to accept internal exile to the outlying regions of the Empire, where they gained a measure of religious toleration.
		When asked: "What is a Molokan?", a prominent American Molokan elder, stated: "A Molokan is a person who sings the psalms." When asked to elaborate, he added that when the Molokans no longer sang the psalms in their services, they would cease to be Molokans (1).
		The melodies of the Molokan Sionskii Pesennik are remarkable for their retelling of the history of Russian song, from its peasant roots up to the early nineteenth century, when Molokans departed from Central Russia.
	staff.gc.maricopa.edu /~jstory/molokan (4069 words)

	Molokans Around the World, Russian Molokan, Molokane, Молокане, ...
		Molokane is the English transliteration of молокане, Russian for Molokans.
		Molokans and Jumpers followed this and other routes to all parts of the Caucasus.
		Molokans who joined but refused water baptism were called "Dry Baptists"; a congregation exists in Tblisi, Georgia.
	www.molokane.org (0 words)

	Lessons for a Molokan - Assyrian News Agency
		The Molokans are Russians that split from the Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th Century.
		True, the Molokans use motorized vehicles but otherwise, alcohol is forbidden as is marriage outside the community.
		Like the Molokans, the Assyrians receive much of their own education in Russian but the textbooks that exist are mainly left over from the Soviet era and do not comply with the requirements of the new curriculum.
	assyriatimes.com /engine/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3068 (1364 words)

	The Last Communits of the Caucasus
		These pioneer Molokans took issue with Ivan’s supposed divine right to rule and were in opposition to Russian Orthodox iconography, preferring the simplicity of the word of God itself, a little like the Reformation centuries before in Western Europe.
		However he did help the sect by writing to Tsar Nicholas II (who was famously murdered, along with his family and servants, by the Bolsheviks near Ekaterinburg in 1918) and sending his daughter to meet the Head of the Holy Synod to stop the persecution that continued throughout the 19th Century.
		The Molokans believe that the native Armenians and Azeris are envious of them as they have effectively overcome the transition from Communism to a free market economy, while simultaneously maintaining order, structure, independence and an ability to work together.
	impressions-ba.com /features.php?id_feature=10409 (1163 words)

	Adherents.com
		The 150 Russian Molokan communities are mostly in the south, concentrated in the Northern Caucasus, throughout the Stavropol'skii krai, and the eastern Rostov oblast, Tselinskii raion.
		Of those who weren't resettled with existing Molokan communities, many were resettled throughout the Krasnodarskii oblast and Chernskii raion in the south Tula oblast.
		The Pryguny Molokans, the largest group to migrate to the U.S., settled in Los Angeles from which they have moved into surrounding suburbs and communities...
	www.adherents.com:443 /Na/Na_455.html (3246 words)

	FindForward [/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Denominations/Molokan]
		A History of Molokans in Boyle Heights - Essay by a high school senior in California.
		The Molokan Home Page - Information about the history, culture, and religion of this group of Bible-centered Christians that evolved from Russian peasants who rejected the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1600s.
		Molokans Around the World - A large collection of online resources about the Molokans, including history, culture, persecution, and current situation in places including Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
	www.findforward.com /?q=&t=directory&path=/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Denominations/Molokan (162 words)

	Forum 18 Search/Archive
		With the number of Jehovah's Witness and Molokan conscientious objector prisoners now at 48, and four more Jehovah's Witnesses awaiting trial, a Jehovah's Witness lawyer has complained to Forum 18 News Service that the Armenian authorities are deliberately dragging out the trials, as they are too embarrassed to sentence them.
		Armenia's Molokans – descendants of migrants from Russia who came to the South Caucasus to escape religious persecution under the tsars – have seen their numbers dwindle in the last fifteen years from an estimated 50,000 to about 5,000.
		Molokans are a Russian Christian group, dating from the 1600s, who closely resemble Protestants.
	www.forum18.org /Archive.php?article_id=732 (1290 words)

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