- The
Skoptsy (Russian: скопцы, IPA: [skɐpˈtsɨ]; sg. скопец "eunuch") were a cult
within the
larger Spiritual Christianity movement in the
Russian Empire...
- castrated.
Emasculation was one form of
genital mutilation practiced by the
Skoptsy, a
Russian Christian sect. For males, the
other form of
mutilation available...
- the Firstborn." The
Christian Skoptsy sect in
Russia believed that the
Messiah would come when
there were 144,000
Skoptsy believers,
based on
their reading...
- Doukhobors, Maksimisty, Molokans, Subbotniks,
Pryguny (Jumpers), Khlysts,
Skoptsy,
Ikonobortsy (Icon-fighters, "Iconoclasts") and
Zhidovstvuyushchiye (Жидовствующие:...
- In Russia, men of a
devout group of
Spiritual Christians known as the
Skoptsy were castrated,
either undergoing "greater castration",
which entailed...
- from Egypt's
Middle Kingdom (c. 1991–1786 BCE). It has been
found among Skoptsy Christians in Europe,
Coptic Christians in Egypt,
Orthodox Christians in...
-
significant influence on
other Russian sectarian movements, such as the
Skoptsy,
Dukhobors and Molokans.
Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin was ****ociated...
- addition,
Kondratii Selivanov, who led a
castrating sect
known as the
Skoptsy,
claimed to be both
Jesus and
Peter III.[citation needed] In
December 1796...
- was a eunuch,
there is no
corroboration in any
other early source. (The
Skoptsy did, however,
believe it to be true.)
Chusdazat (died 344): He
served King...
- settlements. M****
migration of
Molokans (as well as Doukhobors, Khlysts, and
Skoptsy) to the
Caucasus took
place in the 1830s, when
Nicholas I
focused efforts...
