Editing Molokans (section)

===Constant Molokans and Molokan Jumpers===
[[File:Fioletovo - Armenia (2927007572).jpg|thumb|A Molokan villager in [[Fioletovo]], [[Armenia]]]]
The Russian term "constant" (invariable, steadfast, unchanged, original: {{lang|ru-latn|postoyanniye}} : {{lang|ru|постоянние}}) applied to the ''Molokans'' has been used with two different intentions. By original ''Molokans'' who either refused to be evangelized by Protestant denominations or insisted that they will retain their faith unchanged by the "Jumper" revivalist movement in the 1830s. They originally constituted the by far largest segment of Molokanism. In 1833, a [[schism (religion)|schism]] took place within the Molokan faith. This event was framed by collective cataclysms of disease, famine, and persecution.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clay |first1=J. Eugene |title=The Woman Clothed in the Sun: Pacifism and Apocalyptic Discourse among Russian Spiritual Christian Molokan Jumpers |date=2011 |page=117}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bulgakov |first1=F. O. |title="Sionskaia knizhka bogodukhnovennykh izrechenii Davyda Essevicha, on zhe Fedor Osipovich Bulgakov," in Bozhestvennyia izrecheniia nastavnikov i stradal'tsev za slovo bozhie, veru Iisusa i dukh sviatoi religii dukhovnykh khristian molokan- prygunov, ed. Ivan Gur'evich Samarin, 2nd ed. (Los Angeles: "Dukh i zhizn'," 1928), 80.}}</ref> A portion of the Molokans during this time began to experience a charismatic outpouring of the Holy Spirit,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clay |first1=J. Eugene |title=The Woman Clothed in the Sun: Pacifism and Apocalyptic Discourse among Russian Spiritual Christian Molokan Jumpers |page=115}}</ref> similar to later [[Pentecostal]] faiths. Eventually this sect evolved into what is known today as the "Molokan Jumpers".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clay |first1=J. Eugene |title=The Woman Clothed in the Sun: Pacifism and Apocalyptic Discourse among Russian Spiritual Christian Molokan Jumpers}}</ref> The old Molokans were termed ''Constants'' ({{lang|ru-latn|Postoyaniye}}), and the newly evolved "Molokans jumpers" ({{lang|ru-latn|Pryguny}}), also called {{lang|ru-latn|Skakuny}} (leapers). The Molokan ''Jumpers'' believed they were visited by a manifestation of the Holy Spirit, and this new smaller Molokan sect began a revival with intense zeal, reporting miracles that purportedly rivaled those of Christ's apostles.