Lukyan Yolkin: Difference between revisions

Yolkin was born on April 26, 1957 in Repyovka, Kologorsk Oblast to lumberjack Taras Yolkin and Irina Ulanova. He is the youngest of three siblings. After attending high school, Yolkin worked with his father at the local lumber mill but left following his father's accidental death there in 1977. His father's death led to Yolkin turning to religion for answers.

Yolkin attended Repyovka Federal University starting in 1978 and met his first wife, Anastasyia Larionova, while at school. Yolkin married Larionova in 1981. In 1982 he graduated from the school with a bachelor's degree in religious studies with the goal of becoming a [[Lunarism|Lunarist]] priest. Yolkin and Larionova moved to Kholpolya, a small rural community roughly 75 miles outside of Repyovka where Yolkin became the town's priest. He remained in that position until 1993, when he was removed by Lunarist authorities after allegations of heresy and abuse.

Yolkin became disillusioned with the Lunarist Church and continued preaching what he believed to be the "true word of Yelena." Yolkin prophesized the "end times" would be coming within the next 20 years and only he could save his followers. After Larionova divorced him in 1993, Yolkin left Kholpolya and formed [[Yarkiye]].