Patriarch Nikon of Moscow

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1. When was Patriarch Nikon of Moscow born?
2. When did Patriarch Nikon of Moscow die?
3. Where was Patriarch Nikon of Moscow born?
4. What is the career?
5. What was Patriarch Nikon's main goal when he became the church leader in Russia?
6. Why did Nikon build the New Jerusalem Monastery?

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1. When was Patriarch Nikon of Moscow born?Circa 1605
2. When did Patriarch Nikon of Moscow die?August 17, 1681 (aged approximately 76)
3. Where was Patriarch Nikon of Moscow born?Village of Veldamanovo, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russia
4. What is the career?Monk, Archimandrite, Metropolitan of Novgorod, Patriarch of Moscow (1652-1666)
5. What was Patriarch Nikon's main goal when he became the church leader in Russia?He wanted to fix the church so it matched the Greek Orthodox traditions and make it stronger.
6. Why did Nikon build the New Jerusalem Monastery?He built it to show that Moscow was the new center of Orthodox Christianity and to bring people to pray there.

Liturgical Reforms: Changes made to the established forms of public worship and religious ceremonies.
Raskol: The 17th-century schism within the Russian Orthodox Church resulting from Patriarch Nikon's reforms.
Old Believers: A group that split from the Russian Orthodox Church due to their rejection of Nikon's reforms.
Temporal Authority: Power related to worldly affairs, government, and the state, as opposed to spiritual authority.