WOODBURN — An old woman in peasant clothes and a kerchief around her head stands in front of a Russian church that’s topped by gilded cupolas. The scene could be out of a century in the distant past — ...

An old woman wearing peasant clothes and a kerchief stands in front of a Russian church topped by gilded cupolas. The scene could be out of a distant century if it weren't for a Ford pickup parked ...

From day one in the 17th century," said Father Ambrose, an Old Believer monk and curator of a Russian museum at the Mount Angel Abby. The 10,000 Old Believers in Oregon are the largest concentration ...