A 23 year old
artist and film maker Ilya Novikov was arrested for impersonating Jesus Christ
after he was spotted walking along a road carrying a huge wooden cross on his
back in the city of Perm in central Russia's Perm Krai region.
A video
recorded by an eyewitness showed the bearded artist wearing long flowing white
robe as he walked along the street with a T-shaped cross. Motorists saw him and
called the Police. wo policemen quickly arrived on the scene to arrest him -
but struggled to fit his cross in the back of their patrol car. They eventually
succeeded and took Mr Novikov to a police station for questioning and was later
released.
A police
spokesman said:
"A man in
white clothes, carrying a cross, was spotted by onlookers and police were
called to the scene. Officers talked with the man at the police station and let
him go."
Mr Novikov
said:
"My friend gave me some wooden sticks so I made a cross out of them. The experience of Jesus Christ was repeated. People were laughing, shouting and mocking me.
'This reaction
proves that the Bible story was true and that after 2,000 years people have
still not changed - we are still cruel and intolerant to our neighbours."
But Father
Igor Anoufriev, the rector of the city's Church of St George, condemned the
stunt as blasphemy.
Police
officers said the stunt was a potential traffic hazard.
Source: UK
Mirror
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