Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Sergei Torop (January 14, 1961 -) is a Russian mystic, as Vissarion Christ he heads a religious movement, the "Church of the Last Testament", based in the southern Siberia Kuraginsk district of Krasnoyarsk territory. He has around 4,000 followers (Vissarionites) in around thirty villages, in the immediate vicinity of his base at Sun City. He was born in Krasnodar and after service in the Red Army he settled in Minusinsk. He worked as a traffic policeman before losing his job in 1989. In 1991 he was 'reborn' as Vissarion, the returned Jesus Christ. His religion combines elements of the Russian Orthodox Church with Buddhism, apocalypticism, collectivism, and ecological values. His followers follow strict regulations, are vegans and are allowed no vices such as smoking or drinking alcohol, money is banned. The aim of the group is to unite all other religions on Earth. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.