Chapel of Russia's Resurrection
Russian religious sect, founded 2007
The Chapel of Russia's Resurrection is a Russian sect that views President and former Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the reincarnation of Paul the Apostle.
History
The sect was founded in 2007 by a person known as Mother Fotina; she is also thought to have been a former convict and railroad worker. It is a schism away from the Russian Orthodox Church. The sect lives in a sanctuary located in Bolshaya Yelnia, near the Volga River and Nizhny Novgorod, established by Mother Fotina.
Beliefs
The sect believes that Russian Prime Minister and now Russian President Vladimir Putin is the reincarnation of Paul the Apostle, sent to Russia to prepare its people for the Second Coming of Christ; Putin is also thought to have joined with seven other reborn apostles to fight the antichrists. Mother Fotina notes the similarities between Paul and Putin's careers, including being an early "persecutor of Christians" before becoming imbued with the Holy Spirit; the group believes that Putin received the Holy Spirit after becoming president. Putin is also said to be a reincarnation of Vladimir the Great.
Putin is the first Russian leader to be religiously worshiped while still alive.
Devotions
The group, consisting entirely of women, dress as nuns when giving services to pray for Putin in a three-story brick building called the Chapel of Russia's Resurrection. They have put a picture of him, said to have appeared miraculously one day, together with traditional Russian Orthodox figures.
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