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Vissarion

1961 - Today

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Sergei Anatolyevitch Torop (Russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич То́роп, Sergej Anatolʹevič Torop; born 14 January 1961), known as Vissarion (Russian: Виссарио́н, IPA: [vʲɪsərʲɪˈon], "He who gives new life" or "life-giving"), is a Russian spiritual teacher, self proclaimed reincarnation of Jesus, 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 a “spiritual awakening”.[1] He 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 Basin east of Abakan, in the small settlement called Abode of Dawn (official name) or The Sun City (unofficial name) near Petropavlovka. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Vissarion is the 2,970th most popular religious figure (down from 2,895th in 2024), the 2,228th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,271st in 2019) and the 44th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Vissarion ranks 2,970 out of 3,187. Before him are Mohan Bhagwat, Franklin Graham, Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, Mary MacKillop, Orlando Quevedo, and Filoimea Telito. After him are Robert Zollitsch, Paulinus of York, José María Caro Rodríguez, Walter Rauschenbusch, Nicholas II of Constantinople, and Bilal Philips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Vissarion ranks 401. Before him are Patricia Urquiola, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, Sam Robards, Yury Onufriyenko, Arnór Guðjohnsen, and Johanna ter Steege. After him are Todd McFarlane, Neil Dudgeon, Maria do Carmo Silveira, Brad Gilbert, Takao Kobayashi, and Liu Gang.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vissarion ranks 2,228 out of 3,761. Before him are Boris Razinsky (1933), Andrei Panin (1962), Ivan Fomin (1872), Aleksandr Adabashyan (1945), Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907), and Vladislav Krapivin (1938). After him are Ellina Zvereva (1960), Yury Usachov (1957), Lyudmila Shishova (1940), Alexander Popov (1971), Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov (1962), and Boris Mayorov (1938).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Vissarion ranks 44. Before him are Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290), Nikolay Ilminsky (1822), Herman of Alaska (1756), Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807), Nilus of Sora (1433), and Grigory Rodchenkov (1958). After him are Hilarion (1966), and Rawil Gaynetdin (1959).

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