DPC is an acronym for the Drevlepravoslavnaya Pomorskaya Tserkov (Old-Orthodox Pomorian Church).
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomorian_Old-Orthodox_ChurchThe
Pomorian Old Orthodox Church (Древлеправославная Поморская Церковь) is a branch of the priestless faction of the
Old Believers, born of a schism within the
Russian Orthodox Church in the 17th century.
Organisation
The Church of Our Lady of the Sign of Old Believers (the new Pomorskaya Church, i.e. Old Believers Church of Pomor Accord), St. Petersburg.
The Pomorian Old Orthodox Church has parishes in
Russia,
Lithuania,
Latvia,
Estonia,
Poland,
Belarus and
Ukraine (in these countries they are headed by National Councils and Spiritual Commissions), the
United States,
Brazil and elsewhere.
- Council of the Pomorian Old-Orthodox Church in Russia : Российский совет ДПЦ (РС ДПЦ)
Chairman : Oleg Ivanovich Rozanov
- Council of the Pomorian Old-Orthodox Church in Latvia
Chairman : Alexy Karatayev
Pomortsy
Pomortsy (
Russian: Поморцы), also known as
Danilovtsy, Danilov's confession,
Pomorians (not to be confused with
pomors), or
Pomorian Church was a
confession of the
Bespopovtsy (the "priestless") strain of
Old Believers. It was founded in the end of the 17th century in
Russian Karelia, by the
Vyg River (
Russian:
Выг), by Danila Vikulin and the Denisov brothers. Initially Pomortsy denied the sancticity of
tsar and marriage. Later they were split into Novopomortsy ("New Pomortsy"), who recognized marriage, and Staropomortsy ("Old Pomortsy"). They also spun off the confessions of
Filippians and
Fedoseyans.
According to 2001 data, in
Lithuania there are over 27,000 Old Believers in 59 officially registered parishes of the Pomorian Church.
Links:
http://www.pomorian.narod.ru/http://www.pomorian.org/http://samstar-biblio.ucoz.ru/publ/6-1-0-8http://www.kopajglubze.boom.ru/http://www.starover-pomorec.lv/starover/news.phphttp://starover-pomorec.at.tut.by/contact.htmlhttp://www.starover.ee/ru/index.html