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A '''Traditionalist''' Orthodox Christian holds very strictly to a narrowly defined understanding of Orthodox [[Tradition]]. The name tends to be self-applied. Views held by traditionalists sometimes include: * a preference for the [[Old Calendar]] to the exclusion of the [[New Calendar|New]]; * a literal understanding of patristic texts and a resulting desire to reconcile differences among the [[Church Fathers]]; * a tendency to [[schism]] in response to inferred [[heresy]]; * a desire to preserve the piety and theological opinions of a particular region or era, e.g., eighteenth century Russia or Greece; * a disdain for any and all forms of [[ecumenism]]; * a belief that the particular, narrowly defined tradition with which one identifies is true, exclusive of any other interpretations or traditions. Since Orthodoxy holds [[Holy Tradition]] in high esteem, some Orthodox Christians take exception to the use of the term ''traditionalist'' by persons whom they consider to be extremists or fundamentalists, since it implies that those who disagree with the traditionalist are not properly traditional. == External links == *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamentalism Fundamentalism] on Wikipedia. *[http://www.oca.org/DocsPrintable.asp?ID=126&section=statements Orthodoxy Today: Tradition or Traditionalism?] by Archpriest Leonid Kishkovsky. *[http://www.ctosonline.org/ Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies] *[http://www.stjohndc.org/russian/What/e_Clndr-AL2.HTM The Calendar Question] by Protopresbyter Alexander Lebedeff. [[Category:Church Life]]

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