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Old Believers, a Rare card
Old Believers or Old Ritualists is the common term for numerous religious communities that maintain the old liturgical and ritual practices of the Russian Orthodox Church, as they were before the reforms of Patriarch Nikon of Moscow between 1653 and 1656.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Old Believers quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Old Believers card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Fleeing persecution by the government, they settled in remote areas or escaped to the ______ countries.
Answer
neighboring. Fleeing persecution by the government, they settled in remote areas or escaped to the neighboring countries. From the Old Believers article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The old rite and its followers were anathematized in ____, and Old Belief gradually emerged from the resulting schism.
Answer
1660s. The old rite and its followers were anathematized in 1667, and Old Belief gradually emerged from the resulting schism. From the Old Believers article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The old rite and its followers were anathematized in 1667, and Old Belief gradually emerged from the resulting schism.
- The antecedents of the movement regarded the reform as heralding the End of Days, and the Russian church and state as servants of the Antichrist.
- Fleeing persecution by the government, they settled in remote areas or escaped to the neighboring countries.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Old Believers article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Old Believers
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Old Believers (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Voice of America, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
