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Molokan logo #21000 Molokans (молокане for `milk-drinkers`) are members of a Christian sect that evolved from `Spiritual Christian` Russian peasants who refused to obey the Russian Orthodox Church. Molokan practice was first sanctioned by the Nestorian Church in the 11th century in order to accommodate the conversion of some 200,000 Kerait Tatars, who liv...
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Molokan

Molokan logo #21199a member of an ascetic religious sect, founded in Russia in the 18th century by former Doukhobors, opposing sacraments and ritual and stressing the authority of the Bible.
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