One member of this group recorded being sustained by a hen laying two eggs a day at all times of year in a book that also describes a vision of a beautiful boat after holding his right hand in a fire to extinguish evil. A leader of this group recorded his exile to Dauria in the hagiography Life Written by Himself, which also describes his membership in the “Zealots of Piety.” A member of this group named (*) Avvakum led its opposition to the addition of a third finger when making the sign of the cross and rejection of Greek influences on church traditions. These “schismatics” were targeted by Peter the Great’s reforms such as the beard tax. For 10 points, name these people who, after Patriarch Nikon’s reforms, split from the Russian Orthodox Church. ■END■
ANSWER: Old Believers [or starovery; or Old Ritualists; or staroobryadtsy; accept raskolniki; prompt on schismatics until read; prompt on Russian Orthodox Christians]
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