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The main source of the Orthodox church practices is Holy Tradition, not the Scripture itself. Any Russian priest will tell you that "немолитвенность и пренебрежение к церковной службе" (which means...

Sufficient for what? If you just like to think that 60 percent of the population belong to the Orthodox church, the formula "consider themselves" is actually the best.

yes technically it is a sin...

I don't think these numbers are very accurate. "Consider themselves" may mean whatever you like, including "it is fashionable", "they told us at school we are christians now" etc. Put the question in...

darren
i always thought that the main thing Protopop Avvakum is famous about is the fact that his book was probably the first ever written in (more or less) modern Russian. The details of...