Taking Putin worship to a new level
People have bizarre ways of showing their love for Vladimir Putin — the weirdest I can think of is having his name on your underwear — but this cult might take the cake.
According to the Telegraph, a cult of women in a village outside Moscow believes Putin is the reincarnation of Paul the Apostle.
“According to the Bible, Paul the Apostle was a military commander at first and an evil persecutor of Christians before he started spreading the Christian gospel," sect founder Mother Fotina said, the Telegraph reports.
“In his days in the KGB, Putin also did some rather unrighteous things. But once he became president, he was imbued with the Holy Spirit, and just like the apostle, he started wisely leading his flock. It is hard for him now but he is fulfilling his heroic deed as an apostle."
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