Vissarion, whose original name was Sergei Torop, head of the Vissarion sect meets his followers during a feast in Petropavlovka village, some 700 kms southeast of Krasnoyarsk, August 18, 2002. Torop, formerly apoliceman in the town of Minusinsk, proclaims himself to be Jesus Christ and who has come to people under the name of Vissarion. He founded the sect eleven years ago in the south of the Krasnoyarsk region. Torop lives on a mountain near the lake Tiberkul and hissupporters are building a "City of the Sun" on the slopes of the mountain. The sect counts some 6000 people from Russia's different regions and from abroad. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - RTR2Y8U1
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روسيا تعتقل رجلاً زعم أنه “يجسد المسيح” في عملية أمنية ضخمة

شنَّت السلطات الروسية عمليةً خاصة للقبض على ضابط شرطة المرور السابق سيرجي توروب، الذي ادَّعى أنه “نسخة مجسدة من يسوع”، وتزعّم فرقةً دينية في مناطق نائية في سيبيريا على مدى العقود الثلاثة الماضية.

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