MESSIAH COMPLE+ 87VISSARION
ALSO KNOWN AS
The Christ of Siberia
In an of-the-grid Rus-
sian village called Obitel
Rassveta (“abode of
dawn”), Vissarion sits
in the living room of
a disciple. Born Sergei
Torop, he had a revela-
tion around the time the
Soviet Union collapsed
that he was Jesus Christ
reborn. Founder of the
Church of the Last Tes-
tament, he now has at
least 5,000 followers;
many of them live with
him in several utopian
eco-villages in the Si-
berian woods. They’ve
built their own schools,
churches, and society.
Vissarion’s proclama-
tions have been pub-
lished in 16 tomes titled
The Last Testament.