Vissarion says that women should serve men, just as men serve God. Mothers look after the children, and the community's birth rate is far higher than in the rest of Russia.

"Vissarion the Teacher," or "Jesus of Siberia," Russian ex-traffic cop Sergei Torop meets followers in the remote village of Petropavlovka, in Russia's Siberia region, August 18, 2009.

Vissarion, who has proclaimed himself a new Christ, conducts a service during the “Holiday of Good Fruit” feast in a village southeast of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, August 18, 2010.

A man known as Vissarion has developed a large following in Siberia. Siberia, RUSSIA, June 23, 2008— -- "Two white robed men were standing there among them and said, 'Men of Galilee, why are ...

Vissarion, who normally dons a long white cloak and sports long hair and a beard, lives with his followers in Petropavlovka, or what he calls his “Siberian utopia,” The Guardian reported.

Vissarion, who has proclaimed himself a new Christ, conducts a service during the Holiday of Good Fruit feast in the village of Obitel Rassveta, southeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

Vissarion’s role encompassed all aspects of the front-end software development life cycle, from planning and estimating to implementing application architecture and core functionalities.

Vissarion's religion is based on Russian Orthodoxy but mixes in elements of Buddhism, collectivism, and environmental values. 6 Vissarionites worship at a mass prayer in 2007.

The City of the Sun is home to a mysterious Russian cult known as the Church of the Last Testament. Its leader Vissarion used to be a traffic cop but now believes he is the second coming of Jesus ...

Topline Russian authorities arrested cult leader Vissarion, who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, and two of his aides, on accusations of "causing grievous bodily harm to two or more ...

Except perhaps for dedicated Russophiles, composer Vissarion Shebalin will most likely be a welcome new discovery. He was a student of Nikolay Myaskovsky, highly respected by Prokofiev and a close ...