zealots of piety造句

• While serving at Novospassky monastery, Nikon became a member of the circle of the " Zealots of Piety ".
• The Zealots of Piety included Fyodor Rtishchev, Archmandrite Kazan Cathedral, archpriests Avvakum Petrov, Loggin, Lazar, and Daniil.
• Nikon's forcible introduction of the new divine service books and rituals caused a major estrangement between the Zealots of Piety and Nikon.
• The members of the Zealots of Piety wanted to enhance the authority of the Russian Orthodox Church and increase its influence upon the people.
• Joseph's period as Patriarch marked an intense publishing activity and the recovery of church thought ( Moscow circle Zealots of Piety ).
• The Zealots of Piety soon became the actual rulers of the Russian Orthodox Church, thanks to the support from the tsar, who had paid much attention to the advice of his confessor.
• At the urging of the Zealots of Piety, in 1652 Patriarch Nikon resolved to centralize power that had been distributed locally, while conforming Russian Orthodox rites and rituals to those of the Greek Orthodox Church, as interpreted by pundits from the Old Ritualists ".