A Russian heresy leader who claims to be a reincarnation of Jesus Christ was now sentenced to 12 years in prison after a court ruled that he had harmed the health and finances of his followers. Sergei Toror, a former traffic police officer, known to his supporters under the name “Vissarion”, founded the Church of the New Testament in a secluded, picturesque area of ​​Krasnoyarsk, in Siberia, in 1991, the year that the Soviet Union collapsed. The bearded man with long hair said he was “regenerated” to convey the word of God and attracted thousands of believers, some of whom went to live in a settlement, the “city of the sun”, at a time when Russia was facing poverty and lawlessness. The 64 -year -old Toror urged the faithful, who often prayed for him, not to eat meat, not to smoke, not drink alcohol, not to use money. Like the Research Committee, a fbi service in Russia, accused the Toror and […]
Source: News Beast
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