Patriarch Nikon (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Nikon (Russian: Ni kon, Old Russian: N kon'), born Nikita Minin (Nikita Minin; 7 May 1605 Valmanovo, Tsardom of Russia-17 August 1681), was the seventh patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. This was one of the most important periods in the Church's history, as Nikon introduced many reforms which eventually led to a lasting schism known as Raskol in the Russian Orthodox Church.