Alex Croft looks at how Sergei Torop, also known as Vissarion, ended up in jail after he was accused of harming his followers ...

Sergei Torop, 64, lost his job as a traffic cop before founding the Church of the Last Testament in 1991 and claiming to be ...

A religious sect leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ has been sentenced to 12 years in a Russian ...

A self-styled mystic Vissarion and two aides were sentenced to prison for using psychological pressure to extract money and ...

Investigative Committee stated that Sergei Torop and his aides caused serious mental and physical harm to followers, ...

After losing his job as a traffic officer in 1990, Sergei Torop, 64, claimed to have been reborn as Vissarion and went on to ...

Russian authorities have sentenced a Siberian sect leader to 12 years in a prison camp for harming his followers' health and ...

A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on Monday after ...

This event also fulfilled Jesus's promise. Several weeks earlier, some Pharisees came to lure Him back to Judea. Jesus said that He would not return until such time as the citizens of Jerusalem would ...

Sunday, June 22, is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Mass readings: Genesis 14:18-20; Psalm 110:1, 2, 3, 4; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Luke 9:11b-17. On the Solemnity of ...