Maria Devi Christos
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Marina Tsvigun or Maria Devi Christos by assumed name, (born 1960) is a religious sect leader of the New Community of Enlightened Humanity, also known as "YUSMALOS" (acronym from Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Luna, Orion and Sirius) or "The Great White Brotherhood"
. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union it was one of the conspicuous spiritual movements in the former republics, with about 80,000 members by official count.
, Ukrainian SSR
, USSR. She served as a functionary for Young Communist League district committee, worked as a newspaper journalist and an editor for Donetsk textile factory radio network.
In 1990 she attended lectures by Yuri Krivonogov, the "White Brotherhood" co-founder, who recognized Marina as a new messiah and later received the role of "Higher Priest", of the Great White Brotherhood.
The members were required to renounce the family ties and donate some money and possible property to the Brotherhood. The Great White Brotherhood came into conflict with the Russian Orthodox Church
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and were arrested.
According to the report of Orthodox Church, Kiev City Court found Tsvigun and Krivonogov guilty of violation of citizens' health under the guise of religious ceremonies and seizing by force. They were sentenced for 4 and 7 years in prison. The White Brotherhood reported to UNO and International Court. 6 month later, Tsvigun was freed in August, 1997 as a part of amnesty for the 6th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine.
She continued her activity, organized as "The Mystic College of ISIS
and Her Followers."
As of November 2008, she lives in Russia, has art gallery "Dom Solntsa".
She published her doctrine, which she has written in the prison: "The Science about Light and Its Transformation" (available only in Russian for now) and "The Last Testament of the Mother of the World", which also was written by her in the prison.
From 2011 year she started new magazine “Victoria RA”, which is available on her site: www.victoriara.com
Great White Brotherhood
The Great White Brotherhood, in belief systems akin to Theosophical and New Age, are said to be supernatural beings of great power who spread spiritual teachings through selected humans. The members of the Brotherhood may be known as the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom or the Ascended Masters...
. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union it was one of the conspicuous spiritual movements in the former republics, with about 80,000 members by official count.
Biography
Marina Tsvigun was born in 1960 in StalinoDonetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
, Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
, USSR. She served as a functionary for Young Communist League district committee, worked as a newspaper journalist and an editor for Donetsk textile factory radio network.
In 1990 she attended lectures by Yuri Krivonogov, the "White Brotherhood" co-founder, who recognized Marina as a new messiah and later received the role of "Higher Priest", of the Great White Brotherhood.
The members were required to renounce the family ties and donate some money and possible property to the Brotherhood. The Great White Brotherhood came into conflict with the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church or, alternatively, the Moscow Patriarchate The ROC is often said to be the largest of the Eastern Orthodox churches in the world; including all the autocephalous churches under its umbrella, its adherents number over 150 million worldwide—about half of the 300 million...
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Arrest and imprisonment
Tsvigun predicted the Time of Apocalypses and the coming of the Holy Spirit on November 10, 1993. The event was supposed to be accompanied by her lectures in Sophia Cathedral. On the appointed day, the members of the Brotherhood met in Saint Sophia Cathedral in KievSaint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev is an outstanding architectural monument of Kievan Rus'. Today, it is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first Ukrainian patrimony to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kiev Cave Monastery complex...
and were arrested.
According to the report of Orthodox Church, Kiev City Court found Tsvigun and Krivonogov guilty of violation of citizens' health under the guise of religious ceremonies and seizing by force. They were sentenced for 4 and 7 years in prison. The White Brotherhood reported to UNO and International Court. 6 month later, Tsvigun was freed in August, 1997 as a part of amnesty for the 6th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine.
After prison
After serving the term, Tsvigun changed her name and surname on Victoria Victorovna Preobrazhenskaya and married John-Peter II, a brotherhood member (real name Peter Kovalchuk). Now not Marina, but Victoria started a new multidimensional project "Cosmic Poliart of theThird Millenium of Victoria Preobrazhenskaya" and tried to renew the Great White Brotherhood registration as a public organization, which was denied.She continued her activity, organized as "The Mystic College of ISIS
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...
and Her Followers."
As of November 2008, she lives in Russia, has art gallery "Dom Solntsa".
She published her doctrine, which she has written in the prison: "The Science about Light and Its Transformation" (available only in Russian for now) and "The Last Testament of the Mother of the World", which also was written by her in the prison.
From 2011 year she started new magazine “Victoria RA”, which is available on her site: www.victoriara.com