With Faith around the World (an Oregon Old Believer’s Dialect and Personality) Cover Image

С верой вокруг мира (язык и личность старовера Орегона)
With Faith around the World (an Oregon Old Believer’s Dialect and Personality)

Author(s): Tamara Morris
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theology and Religion, Religion and science , Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Oregon Old Believer; dialect;personality;

Summary/Abstract: This article describes the main features of the dialect at different language levels of Alexei Ivanovich Afonin, a respected North American Old Believer belonging to the Bespopovtsy group of Chasovennye denomination and the Sintsyantsy group. Most of his life Afonin lived in Oregon, the USA, and in 2016 he went to the Siberian Dubchessky Monastery. His personality is also depicted in the article as being an au-thoritative old man, a good builder, a traveller, a talented storyteller, and a decent man.

  • Issue Year: 2/2020
  • Issue No: XXII
  • Page Range: 209-220
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian