The ways of transmission of religious knowledge in the communities of old believers in south Vjatka

Abstract

In this article we discuss the role of the family and the community in translation of religious knowledge. We focused on the local tradition of different groups of old believers in Vjatka region. We demonstrate the high vitality of Old Believer’s communities in the transformation of the world. From our point of view, a huge role here plays samples and ways of transfer of religious knowledge. We conventionally divide Old Believer’s community into three circles: core, inner circle, periphery. We highlight the following key factors: the role of an example of the believers for relatives, participation and environment in commemoration of dead, helping of the core of community for neophytes in learning religious knowledge.

Keywords

• old believers
• religious education
• Fedoseevtsy
• Filllipovtsy
• Pomortsy
• family
• community
• field research