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Of all the sects the OldRitualists stand nearest to the official Church.
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The OldRitualists had still, however, one important theoretical difficulty.
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The OldRitualists, being simply ecclesiastical Conservatives desirous of resisting all innovations, have remained a compact body little troubled by differences of opinion.
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Those who were more ambitious and more cunning often employed their talents with great success in the world of the OldRitualists and Sectarians.
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The former party are termed Staro-obriadsti, or OldRitualists; the latter are called Bezpopoftsi-thatis to say, people "without priests" (bez popov).
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Besides this, they were nearly all emigrants from Great Russia, and mostly OldRitualists or Sectarians, whilst the Zaporovians were Little Russians and Orthodox.