| They hated her when she persecuted the Raskolnik or Old Believers, that is, the men who objected to the reforms of Nicon. |
| The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, or Shakers, remain the longest-lived communal society in the United States. |
| Believers themselves may warrantably at times call their faith in question, but they may not warrantably suspend the exercise of their faith. |
| Believers insist that the blurry picture is proof-positive that Evalyn's ghost exists, while skeptics remain disbelieving. |
| Believers want to prove that the shroud is not art, that it is the one, true burial shroud. |
| The good news in this case is that the Old Believers stayed true to their three-century tradition of tenacious independence. |
