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Old Colony Mennonites, the Glossary

Old Colony Mennonites (German: Altkolonier-Mennoniten) are the part of the Russian Mennonite movement that is descended from colonists who migrated from the Chortitza Colony in modern Ukraine near Zaporizhia (itself originally of Prussian origins) to settlements in Canada.^[1]

21 relations: Anabaptism, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brethren (religious group), Canada, Chortitza Colony, Conservative Mennonites, German language, Mennonites in Belize, Mennonites in Bolivia, Mennonites in Mexico, Mexico, Old Order Mennonite, Paraguay, Reformation, Reinland, Russian Mennonites, Ukraine, United States, West Prussia.
Ethnoreligious groups

Anabaptism

Anabaptism (from Neo-Latin anabaptista, from the Greek ἀναβαπτισμός: ἀνά 're-' and βαπτισμός 'baptism'; Täufer, earlier also Wiedertäufer)Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term Wiedertäufer (translation: "Re-baptizers"), considering it biased.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Belize

Belize (Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America.

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Bolivia

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Brethren (religious group)

Brethren is a name adopted by a wide range of mainly Christian religious groups throughout history.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Chortitza Colony

Chortitza Colony (Khortytskyi District, Zaporizhzhia) was a volost, a subdivision of the Yekaterinoslav uezd within the Yekaterinoslav Governorate.

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Conservative Mennonites

Conservative Mennonites include numerous Conservative Anabaptist groups that identify with the theologically conservative element among Mennonite Anabaptist Christian fellowships, but who are not Old Order groups or mainline denominations.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Mennonites in Belize

Mennonites in Belize form different religious bodies and come from different ethnic backgrounds.

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Mennonites in Bolivia

The Mennonites in Bolivia are among the most traditional and conservative of all Mennonite denominations in Latin America.

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Mennonites in Mexico

According to a 2022 census, there were 74,122 Mennonites living in Mexico, the vast majority of which are established in the state of Chihuahua, followed by Campeche at around 15,000, with the rest living in smaller colonies in the states of Durango, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí and Quintana Roo.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Old Order Mennonite

Old Order Mennonites (Pennsylvania German: Fuhremennischte) form a branch of the Mennonite tradition. Old Colony Mennonites and Old Order Mennonite are Ethnoreligious groups.

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Paraguay

Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay (República del Paraguay; Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America.

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Reformation

The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.

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Reinland

Reinland is a Mennonite village in Manitoba located in the Rural Municipality of Stanley, about ten minutes south of Winkler and about five minutes north of U.S. border.

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Russian Mennonites

The Russian Mennonites (Russlandmennoniten, occasionally Ukrainian Mennonites) are a group of Mennonites who are the descendants of Dutch and North German Anabaptists who settled in the Vistula delta in West Prussia for about 250 years and established colonies in the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine and Russia's Volga region, Orenburg Governorate, and Western Siberia) beginning in 1789. Old Colony Mennonites and Russian Mennonites are Ethnoreligious groups.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Colony_Mennonites

Also known as Old Colony Mennonite, Old Colony Mennonite Church, Reinländer Mennoniten Gemeinde.