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Sergey Anatolyevitch Torop ((ロシア語:Серге́й Анатольевич Тороп), ''Sergej Anatolʹevič Torop''; born January 14, 1961 in Krasnodar, Russian SFSR), known by his followers as Vissarion (Виссарион), is a Russian mystic and sect leader. He founded and heads a religious or sect movement known as the ''Church of the Last Testament'' with its head church in the Siberian Taiga in the Minusinsk Depression east of Abakan, in the southern Siberia Kuraginsk district of Krasnoyarsk territory, in the small settlement of Petropavlovka. He has around 4,000 followers (called Vissarionites) living in the settlement and around 10,000 followers worldwide. Vissarion claims to be a reincarnation of Jesus. He teaches reincarnation, veganism, the impending end of the world (or at least of civilization as we know it), and the belief of aliens. On August 18, 1990, when he was 29, Vissarion claims that he had a revelation that he was the reincarnation of Christ. He first spoke publicly in Minusinsk on 18 August 1991. He founded the "Church of the Last Testament" (Церковь Последнего Завета ''Tserkov Poslednego Zaveta''), also known as "Community of Unified Faith". == History == Vissarion was born in Krasnodar; after service in the Red Army, he settled in Minusinsk. He worked as a patrol officer before losing his job in 1989.〔(Сибирский Иисус Христос - бывший гаишник )〕 He claims that in 1990 he was "reborn" as Vissarion, the returned Jesus Christ. In his system this does not make him God, but instead the word of God. His religion combines elements of the Russian Orthodox Church with Buddhism, apocalypticism, collectivism, and ecological values. His followers observe strict regulations, are vegans,〔(The Argus, Brighton 2002 )〕 and are allowed no vices such as smoking or drinking alcohol and money is banned.〔(The Vissarion Cult in Russia - Lermanet, November 6, 2003 )〕〔('Reborn' Jesus Leads Vegans in Russia - Newser, August 29, 2009 )〕 The aim of the group is to unite all religions on Earth. Vissarion formed his religion around the time of the fall of the USSR.〔()〕 Tiberkul, the settlement in the Taiga, was established in 1994 on a territory of 2.5 square kilometres, and today the community spans several nearby villages as well, including villages of Petropavlovka and Cheremshanka, at ca. , and counts some five thousand inhabitants, largely living autochthonous and on ecological principles. The central settlement, also called ''The Town'' and ''The Mountain'', has a three-tiered structure: the Town itself (''Abode of Dawn''), the ''Heavenly Abode'', and the ''Temple Peak''. In October 1995, the religious association of Vissarion officially registered as the "Church of the Last Testament". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vissarion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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