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In 2014, a Metropolitan paid a historic visit to an elderly hermit from this tradition who has lived in a remote log cabin near the Sayan Mountains for her entire life. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this religious group that maintains liturgical traditions from before a 17th-century series of reforms by Nikon.
ANSWER: Old Believers [or Old Ritualists; or starovéry; or staroobryádtsy]
[10e] One of the most contentious splits between Old Believers and new style Orthodoxy is the former’s use of just two fingers when performing this ritual, which involves touching one’s head, chest, and both shoulders.
ANSWER: the sign of the cross [or signum crucis; or crossing oneself]
[10h] Old Believers use seven instead of five of these leavened loaves of bread in the Divine Liturgy. Square Lamb pieces are cut out of these loaves that are stamped with the sign of the Theotokos and blessed with the sign of the cross.
ANSWER: prosphora [or prosphoron; prompt on the Eucharist]
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Chicago AVanderbilt A10101030
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