In 2017, Vissarion told the BBC: "We have a school of noble maidens here. He claims that Mary, mother of Jesus, is his own mother. Yes, faith has flourished. We're preparing girls to become future wives, future brides for worthy men," adding that women have "to understand not to rise above the man, not to be proud of her independence but to be shy, inconspicuous and weak." Shortly after his revelation, Vissarion founded a religious movement, the Church of the Last Testament.
Vissarion claims that Mary is his own mother.
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