Maxim Rudometkin
Maxim Gavrilovich Rudometkin (also Rudomyotkin; russian: Максим Гаврилович Рудомёткин; c. 1818 – last seen in 1877) was the leader of one tribe of Spiritual Christian ''Pryguny'' (russian: :ru:Прыгуны (секта), Прыгуны : Jumpers, Leapers) in Erivan Governorate, Imperial Russia. Later his followers were called ''Maksimisty''. In 1928, in Los Angeles, his writings were collectively published with four other Spiritual Christians from Russia as a Russian ''religious text'' titled ''Kniga solntse, dukh i zhizn'' (''Book of the Sun, Spirit and Life''), placed next to the Russian Synodal Bible on the alter table of converted congregations. Early life He was born in the village oAlgasovo Tambov Governorate, central Russia (c. 1818 – 1822). At the age of eight, according to a letter written by him to his followers, his parents forsook the Orthodox faith Russian Orthodox Church and apparently joined a Spiritual Christian ''Molokan'' (sectar ...
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Spiritual Christian
Spiritual Christianity (russian: духовное христианство) is the group of belief systems held by so-called ''folk Protestants'' (), including non-Eastern Orthodox indigenous faith tribes and new religious movements that emerged in the Russian Empire. Their origins are varied: some from Protestant movements imported from Europe to Russia by missionaries, travelers and workers; some due to disgust of the behavior (absenteeism, alcoholism, profiteering) of Orthodox priests; and, some from the Bezpopovtsy Raskolniks. These influences mixed with folk traditions, resulting in communities collectively called (sectarians). These communities were typically documented by Russian Orthodox clergy with a label that described their heresy: not fasting, meeting on Saturday (sabbatarians), rejecting the spirit (spirit wrestlers), body mutilation (castigators), self-flagellation, suicide, and more. These heterodox (non-orthodox) groups "rejected ritual and outward observances ...
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