(英会話リスニングスクリプト)
The leaders of the Ukrainian cult called
The White Brotherhood were recently sentenced to different
periods in prison for starting riots and criminal damage.
Their leader, Marina Vigun, or "The
Living God" was sentenced to four years and her husband,
Yuri Nogov, got seven years.
Apparently, Marina realized that she was
a living god after nearly dying after a hospital operation.
The cult attracted thousands of young followers
who believed that the world would end on November 14, 1993.
Marina and her followers gathered in Kiev
on that day and, when nothing happened, they rioted, breaking
into the cathedral and destroying important religious things.
The police arrested 570 people and only
realized that they had caught "The Living God"
when people started kissing her feet.
End of the world cults are not a new idea.
It is written that before the year 1,000
began, thousands of people in Europe gathered in churches
to wait for the arrival of Jesus Christ.
Feeling a little silly, most of them went
home the next day.
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