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Church of the Holy and Life-Giving Spirit

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Church of the Holy and Life-Giving Spirit
Church of the Holy and Life-Giving Spirit
Church of the Holy and Life-Giving Spirit
Church of the Holy and Life-Giving Spirit
Church of the Holy and Life-Giving Spirit
Phone:
+7 981 403-12-77

Address:
Fedosovoi, 21, Petrozavodsk 185035, Russia

Inochentism is a millennialist and Charismatic Christian sect, split from mainstream Eastern Orthodoxy in the early 20th century. The church was first set up in the Russian Empire, and was later active in both the Soviet Union and Romania. Its founder was Romanian monk Ioan Levizor, known under his monastic name, Inochenție. The Inochentists, regarded as heretics by Orthodox denominations, traditionally organized themselves into an underground church, and were once thriving in parts of Bessarabia region. Inochenție and his followers were singled out for their alleged preaching of free love and other controversial tenets, but the movement managed to survive Russian persecution and earned a dedicated following, especially among Romanians. It went into decline following its leader's death, and, during World War II, suffered mass deportation to Transnistria. Weakened by Soviet rule, with its anti-religious campaigns and Gulag deportations, it survives in small communities from the general area of Bessarabia—in Romania, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova.
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