The Skoptsy (Russian: скопцы, IPA: [skɐpˈtsɨ]; sg. скопец "eunuch") were a sectarian cult within the larger Spiritual Christianity movement in the Russian...

castrated. Emasculation was one form of genital mutilation practiced by the Skoptsy, a Russian Christian sect. For males, the other form of mutilation available...

In Russia, men of a devout group of Spiritual Christians known as the Skoptsy were castrated, either undergoing "greater castration", which entailed...

the Firstborn." The Christian Skoptsy sect in Russia believed that the Messiah would come when there were 144,000 Skoptsy believers, based on their reading...

Doukhobors, Maksimisty, Molokans, Subbotniks, Pryguny (Jumpers), Khlysts, Skoptsy, Ikonobortsy (Icon-fighters, "Iconoclasts") and Zhidovstvuyushchiye (Жидовствующие:...

significant influence on other Russian sectarian movements, such as the Skoptsy, Dukhobors and Molokans. Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin was associated...

generally believed to have fired the shot that killed John Wilkes Booth). Skoptsy, a branch of the Russian Spiritual Christianity movement founded in the...

settlements. Mass migration of Molokans (as well as Doukhobors, Khlysts, and Skoptsy) to the Caucasus took place in the 1830s, when Nicholas I focused efforts...

detective novel". Body integrity dysphoria Matthew 5:30 Paul Wittgenstein Skoptsy Evenson, Brian (2009). Last Days. Earthling. ISBN 9780980226003. Retrieved...

Gala (priests) of Inanna Enaree Hijra Korybantes Priesthood of Atargatis Skoptsy Taurobolium Catullus 63 Penzer, Norman Mosley (1993) [1936]. The Harem:...