There are groups of Old Believers (a sect that broke from Russian Orthodoxy centuries ago) living an unchanged communal way of life in Siberia. Some of their beliefs, you will see, are far from ours, but there is definitely something admirable about their tenacity and indifference to earthly cares:
Orthodox communities shun modern life
The tone of the video is lamentably patronizing - not that there isn't anything to criticize, but it leaves out the richness of their liturgical and spiritual tradition that I know of from other sources.
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