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'''Priestly Old Believers''' or '''Popovtsy''' are those [[Old Believers]] who in principle consider such [[church]]es who have adopted the ritual observations rejected by the Old Believers to be [[schism]]aticheretics, but not necessarily [[heresy|heretic]]apostate. All Old Believers consider the practices of the post-Nikonitan Russian Church and other similar churches to have a ritual observance alien to what they consider truly Orthodox. However, the Popovtsy do consider it possible to receive "new ritualists" with [[chrism|myrrhon]], since Popovtsy discern between [[heretic]]s apostates and schismaticsheretics. As a consequence of the fact that some [[priest]]s never accepted the ritual changes and had kept myrrhon consecrated before the schism, which could be mixed with olive oil, the Popovtsy received [[Nikonian]]s Nikonians (followers Patriarch Nikon) with myrrhon and sometimes also got the opportunity to receive priests and finally also , like in the example of, [[MetropolitanAmbrosii of Belo-Krinitsa]] Ambrosios , (known as [[Saint Ambrosii of Sarajevo, which enabled them Belaya Krinitsa]] by Old Believers) was able to re-establish an episcopal hierarchy.
Popovtsy do, up to this day, receive Nikonitans who have been properly [[baptism|baptized]] with myrrhon, whereas the [[Bespopovtsy|priestless]] always baptize [[conversion|converts]] including Popovtsy.
Some Popovtsy accepted the "edinover" Church which is a branch of the established Russian Church using the pre-Nikon rite, but the majority of Popovtsy never accepted this, since they consider the post-Nikon Church to be schismatic Heretics and thus not Orthodox, although not necessarily hereticapostate.
On dogmatic issues Popovtsy differ only slightly from have many things in common with "conservative" Nikonians. One difference is that ; however, many differences do exist, such as: Old Believers always baptize converts from the [[Roman Catholic Church]] since this Church is considered hereticapostate.
[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
[[Category:Old Believer Jurisdictions]]

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