The Molokan Library:
Reliable books of interest to our Spiritual Christian Molokan Community. Just double click on the title, and either OPEN to read or SAVE to your computor, and then print it out. (If the Adobe version has jumbled letters or is not legible, this is due to the viewer, but it will still print clearly. Increasing size to about 150% will clear up most of the view.)
Books are either Microsoft WORD or Adobe Acrobat format. Just double click on the title to download.
First book of the series:
Russian Molokan History by elder Petro Phillipich Shubin.
Second book of the series:
Early Molokan Struggles: reprint of the Young Church booklet of 1942.
Third book of the series:
The Confession of Faith of the Spiritual Christians, commonly Known as the Molokans, printed 1865.
(translated from the Russian)
Fourth book of the Series:
Exposition of Dogmas, by N. M. Anfimov
The Understanding of the Bible of the early Spiritual Christian Molokans of Russia, published 1912 in Russia. (translated from the Russian)
Fifth Book of the Series:
Toward the Spiritual World, by S.K. Zhabin
Through the Bible book by book, event by event, person by person, with a section on dogmatic theology, as taught in Molokan schools in Russia. Published in Russia in 1912. (translated from the Russian)
Sixth Book of the Series:
Selections from: Dissenters and Prisoners
by Feodor Vasilivich Livanov.
Selections dealing with the origin and history, theology and beliefs, traditions and worship, community and domestic life, personal conduct, and persecutions, of the early Spiritual Christian Molokans of Russia. (Translated from the Russian.)
Seventh Book of the Series:
Prayer Book, or Church Services, of the Spiritual Christian Molokan Jumpers, Complete English translation, page for page identical with the Russian.
Eighth Book of the Series:
The Young Molokan and Military Service
Biblical and Molokan background on conscientious objection to war and military service and training, the latest information from Selective Service, the Armed Forces Battery Aptitude Test, the Selective Service Form 22 Questions,and what to expect at a Draft Board hearing.
A necessity for all Molokan boys and girls ages 14-21
(Manual revised December 2008)
Ninth Book of the Series
Petition to Tsar Alexander I given by the Molokans in 1805 for religious freedom. (Translated from the Russian.)
Tenth Book of the Series
Molokans and War, by Andrew J. Berokoff
A contemporary Molokan elder remembers World War 2 as a teenager and its effects on the Molokan community, along with a historical, ecclesiastical, and Biblical discussion on Christianity and war.
Eleventh Book of the Series
Molokans in America,by elder John K. Berokoff
Text only, no photographs. (You may need to rotate the page due to a glitch in Acrobat formatting.)
Twelveth Book of the Series
Monastery Prisons, by Alexandr Stepanovich Prugavin (translated from the Russian)
A history of the use of monastaries by the Russian Orthodox Church as prisons for religious dissenters.
Thirteenth Book of the Series:
Concordance to the SPIRIT AND LIFE
The concordance to the English Spirit and Life, along with a chapter by chapter synopsis, is now available free to view or download on the webpage:
(due to the large size of the file, give 10 minutes to download, depending on the speed of your internet provider)
Book Fourteen of the Series
The following book is in Russian and titled:
Molokanism before the Judgement of the Word of God
It was published in 1872 by Russian Orthodox Protopriest D. Orlov, the Inspector at the Samara Religious Seminary. The book is a Russian Orthodox refutation of Molokanism, trying to prove that it is wrong in its teachings and beliefs. The book does contain some good historical material on the Molokan church of Russia.
I do not know who converted the text, but it was delivered to me by Ivan Vasilich Shubin of Silverton, OR.
