- published: 13 May 2013
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Molokan (Russian: молокане for "milk-drinkers") is a Slavonic exonym for members of different Spiritual Christian sects that evolved from Eastern Christians in the lands "of all Rus'." Their traditions (especially dairy consumption during Christian fasts) did not conform to those of the Russian Orthodox Church. Regarded as outside the traditional Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholic and Protestant denominations, they tend to identify as "Spiritual Christians".
Unlike the Protestant "reformists" of Western Europe, Molokans rejected conformity. There are almost as many different ways among Molokans as there are Molokans. Some built chapels for worship, kept sacraments, and revered saints and icons, while others (like Ikonobortsi) discarded these practices in the pursuit of individual approaches to Scripture. In general, they rejected the institutionalized formalism of Orthodoxy and denominations with similar doctrines in favor of more emphasis on 'Original Christianity,' as they understood it. They emphasized spirituality and spiritual practice; such sacramental practices as water baptism have been permitted only as tangible signs and symbols of more important spiritual truths.
Molokan singing 5-11-13 woodburn. Or
Psalms 52 - Russian Molokan Church Service, 1938
Interview with chief elder of Russian Molokan community
The Russian Molokans in Guadalupe Valley, Mexico
Molokan Shower
izba_records \ Russkaya Muzyka Ансамбль Русская музыка
Lesli Molokan
Molokan American Folk Music (CA): Isaiah 40-1-2 Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people
Molokan American Folk Music (CA): Matthew 11-28 Come unto me, all ye that labor
Molokanlar / Molokans
I drink some water, please
No whisky no champagne
I am a little brown bear
The town is for me a shock
As this smile now on you
What stranger what you say, say
But I see things
That you can't see in your world
That you can't see in your world
I come from some old form
Of sweet intelligence
No bow no reverence
I drink some water, please
No whisky no champagne
I am a little brown bear
I am a little brown bear
I am a little brown bear
I see the moon
So enigmatic for you
Fireball of honey for me mmm
I drink some water, please
No whisky no champagne
I am a little brown bear
I drink some water, please
No whisky no champagne
I am a little brown bear
I am a little brown bear