diff --git a/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt b/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt
index b039117d7..ca92cfe59 100644
--- a/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt
+++ b/common/religion/faith_types/NEOW_faiths_orthodox.txt
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ bespopovtsy_faith = {
 		religion = eastern_orthodox_religion
 		color = { 91 33 53 }
 		graphical_faith = "orthodox_gfx"
-		icon = old_believer
+		icon = bezpopovtsy
 	}
 
 	eminent_holy_sites = {
diff --git a/history/faiths/NEOW_eastern_orthodox.txt b/history/faiths/NEOW_eastern_orthodox.txt
index 245de4118..539804fd9 100644
--- a/history/faiths/NEOW_eastern_orthodox.txt
+++ b/history/faiths/NEOW_eastern_orthodox.txt
@@ -482,6 +482,162 @@ russian_orthodox = {
 		}
 }
 }
+bespopovtsy_faith = {
+    1667.1.1 = {
+	created = yes
+        main_rite = bespopovtsy
+
+        rites = {
+            bespopovtsy = {}
+         }
+
+        permitted = {
+            tenet_symphonia 
+            tenet_communion
+            tenet_apostolic_succession
+            tenet_confession
+            tenet_asceticism
+            tenet_anachoresis
+            tenet_vows_of_poverty
+            tenet_dulia
+            tenet_hyperdulia
+            tenet_pentarchy
+            tenet_divine_liturgy
+            tenet_philanthropia
+            tenet_love_thy_neighbour
+            tenet_acts_of_apostles
+            tenet_peace_of_god
+            tenet_be_fruitful_and_multiply
+            tenet_mortification_of_the_flesh
+            tenet_celestial_hierarchy
+            tenet_hesychasm
+            tenet_transubstantiation
+            tenet_ora_et_labora
+            tenet_miles_christi
+            tenet_original_sin
+            tenet_holy_myron
+	tenet_custodianship
+        }
+
+        prohibited = {
+            tenet_simony
+            tenet_aniconism
+            tenet_monophysitism
+            tenet_miaphysitism
+            tenet_adoptionism
+            tenet_gnosticism
+            tenet_polyamory
+            tenet_natural_primitivism
+            tenet_carnal_exaltation
+            tenet_divine_marriage
+            tenet_reincarnation
+            tenet_consolamentum
+            tenet_purgatory
+            tenet_human_sacrifice
+            tenet_ritual_cannibalism
+            tenet_gruesome_festivals
+            tenet_cranial_trophies
+            tenet_sacrificial_ceremonies
+            tenet_adorcism
+            tenet_sacred_destruction
+            tenet_household_gods
+            tenet_sun_worship
+            tenet_mountain_worship
+            tenet_sacred_shadows
+            tenet_hedonistic
+        }
+
+        known = {
+            tenet_esotericism
+            tenet_communal_identity
+            tenet_sanctity_of_nature
+            tenet_legalism
+            tenet_religious_legal_pronouncements
+            tenet_literalism
+            tenet_alexandrian_catechism
+            tenet_scholasticism
+            tenet_armed_pilgrimages
+            tenet_khachkar
+            tenet_mendicant_preachers
+            tenet_adaptive
+            tenet_ritual_celebrations
+            tenet_astrology
+            tenet_false_conversion_sanction
+            tenet_exaltation_of_pain
+        }
+    
+		# Starting tenet popularity (unpopular < 0; neutral 0-199; popular 200-799; very popular 800+).
+		popularity = {
+			tenet_divine_liturgy = 1700
+			tenet_literalism = 1600
+			tenet_original_sin = 1450
+			tenet_armed_resistance = 1400
+			tenet_asceticism = 1250
+			tenet_mortification_of_the_flesh = 1200
+			tenet_hesychasm = 1100
+			tenet_love_thy_neighbour = 1100
+			tenet_dulia = 1050
+			tenet_hyperdulia = 1050
+			tenet_holy_myron = 950
+			tenet_transubstantiation = 950
+			tenet_celestial_hierarchy = 900
+			tenet_communion = 820
+			tenet_vows_of_poverty = 820
+			tenet_confession = 780
+			tenet_apostolic_succession = 730
+			tenet_philanthropia = 720
+			tenet_anachoresis = 690
+			tenet_acts_of_apostles = 640
+			tenet_ora_et_labora = 570
+			tenet_communal_identity = 500
+			tenet_pentarchy = 420
+			tenet_peace_of_god = 400
+			tenet_miles_christi = 380
+			tenet_be_fruitful_and_multiply = 360
+			tenet_custodianship = 360
+			tenet_symphonia = 250
+			tenet_armed_pilgrimages = 120
+			tenet_khachkar = 80
+			tenet_ritual_celebrations = 80
+			tenet_sanctity_of_nature = 80
+			tenet_adaptive = 70
+			tenet_alexandrian_catechism = 70
+			tenet_legalism = 60
+			tenet_mendicant_preachers = 60
+			tenet_religious_legal_pronouncements = 60
+			tenet_scholasticism = 20
+			tenet_esotericism = -850
+			tenet_consolamentum = -950
+			tenet_divine_marriage = -1000
+			tenet_natural_primitivism = -1000
+			tenet_reincarnation = -1000
+			tenet_carnal_exaltation = -1050
+			tenet_polyamory = -1050
+			tenet_aniconism = -1150
+			tenet_miaphysitism = -1200
+			tenet_adoptionism = -1250
+			tenet_monophysitism = -1250
+			tenet_gnosticism = -1300
+			tenet_purgatory = -1300
+			tenet_simony = -1300
+			tenet_exaltation_of_pain = -400
+			tenet_astrology = -750
+			tenet_false_conversion_sanction = -750
+			tenet_hedonistic = -1750
+			tenet_sacred_shadows = -2150
+			tenet_mountain_worship = -2200
+			tenet_household_gods = -2300
+			tenet_sun_worship = -2300
+			tenet_sacred_destruction = -2400
+			tenet_adorcism = -2500
+			tenet_sacrificial_ceremonies = -2700
+			tenet_cranial_trophies = -2800
+			tenet_gruesome_festivals = -2900
+			tenet_human_sacrifice = -3000
+			tenet_ritual_cannibalism = -3000
+		}
+}
+}
 old_believer = {
     1667.1.1 = {
 	created = yes
@@ -489,7 +645,6 @@ old_believer = {
 
         rites = {
             old_believer_rite = {}
-            bespopovtsy = {}
          }
 
         permitted = {