Vissarion
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Vissarion:
Deep in the heart of Siberia’s birch forests lies one of the largest and most remote religious communes of the planet. More than 5,000 people have left their families and their homes to move here and join the Church of the Last Testament, which has more than 10,000 followers worldwide. The church centers on one man. He is known simply as Vissarion, meaning “he who gives new life,” or simply as the teacher, and he claims that he is Jesus Christ.Wednesday July 18, 2007
Vissarion: Six miles from the nearest road, in the vast Siberian wilderness, a bearded man in flowing white linen robes sat at his kitchen table and talked about his crucifixion at the hands of Pontius Pilate 2,000 years ago.
Monday July 12, 2004
Vissarion: Text of report by Radio Russia on 10 July
Monday September 1, 2003
Vissarion: The man they call Jesus of Siberia came to Britain looking for disciples to follow him up a mountainside. Candida Crewe was intrigued.
Monday August 19, 2002
Vissarion: Daily Telegraph (England), Aug. 18, 2002
Friday June 4, 1999
Vissarion: Sergei Torop, a 38-year-old former traffic warden from Siberia, sighed and smiled when asked to confirm his divinity. When you know you are Jesus, being asked for proof gets tiresome.
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