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Vissarion
Sergei Anatolyevitch Torop (russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич То́роп, ''Sergej Anatolʹevič Torop''; born 14 January 1961 in Krasnodar, Russian SFSR), known as Vissarion ( rus, Виссарио́н, p=vʲɪsərʲɪˈon, "He who gives new life" or "life-giving"), is a Russian spiritual teacher and founder of the non-profit, religious organization “Church of the Last Testament”, described by many organizations as a cult. According to the followers of Sergei Torop and some of his own explanations, on 18 August 1990, at the age of 29, Sergey had some sort of a “spiritual awakeningHe gave his first public teaching after awakening in Minusinsk on 18 August 1991. He founded the "Church of the Last Testament" (Церковь Последнего Завета ''Tserkov Poslednego Zaveta''), also known as the "Community of Unified Faith", with its head church located in the Siberian Taiga in the Minusinsk Depression east of Abakan, in the small settlement ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People Who Have Claimed To Be Jesus
This is a partial list of notable people who have been claimed, either by themselves or by their followers, to be the reincarnation or incarnation of Jesus, or the Second Coming of Christ. 18th century * Kondratiy Selivanov (c. 1730s–1832), the founder and leader of the Skoptsy sect in the Russian Empire. * Ann Lee (1736–1784), the founder and leader of the Shakers. Lee's followers referred to her as "Mother", believing that she was the female incarnation of Christ on Earth. 19th century * John Nichols Thom (1799–1838), a Cornish tax rebel who claimed to be the "saviour of the world" and the reincarnation of Jesus Christ in 1834. He was killed by British soldiers at the Battle of Bossenden Wood, on 31 May 1838 in Kent, England. * Arnold Potter (1804–1872), Schismatic Latter Day Saint leader; he claimed the spirit of Jesus Christ entered into his body and he became "Potter Christ" Son of the living God. He died in an attempt to "ascend into heaven" by jumpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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