Author: Eva Tushenkina
18 August 2021 13:09
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Sometimes people in adulthood give up religion, and sometimes, on the contrary, they come to God - and not always the one their parents chose for them. Celebrities are no exception. Here are some of the most famous cases.
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Alice Cooper - Christianity
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They did not expect? Alice Cooper is a legend, the “godfather of shock rock,” who uses electric chairs, blood, snakes and guillotines at his concerts, and at the same time is a convinced Christian. For a long time he was an atheist, or at least an agnostic. But in 2007, the musician said that, thanks to God, he got rid of alcohol addiction and that if God is able to create the Universe or part the Red Sea, then curing a person from alcoholism is as easy as shelling pears for him. As a Christian, Alice Cooper, one might say, was born again - after all, his father was a Christian priest and his roots made themselves felt.
Nikolay Valuev
Nikolai Valuev, hersones.org
The famous Russian boxer and State Duma deputy Nikolai Valuev is also a deeply religious Christian star. He was spotted more than once at various religious rallies; the athlete also advocated for deputies to adopt a law protecting the feelings of believers.
Katy Perry - agnosticism
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Katy Perry was born into a Christian family and began her career as a Christian musician. However, the audience, alas, was not too large - and Carey switched to secular music. Very soon, the singer announced that she now adheres to agnosticism - that is, she does not deny the existence of God, but she is not one hundred percent sure of this, since she understands that it is impossible to know the truth in these matters.
Tom Cruise - Scientology
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Everyone knows that Tom Cruise is a crazy Scientologist, but not everyone knows that he was born and raised in a Catholic family. Moreover, in a poor family with a very oppressive father. The boy had dyslexia and learning difficulties. All this eventually led him to Scientology - according to the actor, this teaching helped him overcome dyslexia. He generally stated a lot of things - for example, that no mental disorders exist and there is no need to spend money on their research. Many believe that Cruise is a sociopath and a psychopathic narcissist, so it is better to stay away from him. As for the actor, he is completely satisfied with his choice of religion.
Jennifer Aniston
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The actress’s father is Greek, born on the island of Crete. He professed Orthodoxy from birth. At his insistence, his daughter was also baptized.
The star of the cult TV series “Friends” regularly goes to church and donates money to the Church of the Transfiguration. It is known that Jennifer is the godmother of a large number of sons and daughters of friends and colleagues.
Katie Holmes - transition to Scientology and back to Christianity
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Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise's ex, was a devout Catholic before marrying him. Their relationship was strange and developed too quickly. Just weeks after ending her engagement to actor Chris Klein, Katie began dating Cruise. Then, less than two days later, she began studying Scientology. Soon they were engaged, Katie was an ardent follower of Scientology and was pregnant with Cruise's child. They baptized their daughter Suri in the Church of Scientology, but after a few years, Katie began to be afraid of both this church and Tom himself. She filed for divorce and left her husband, as well as the church. As a result, the actress returned to Catholicism and received full custody of her daughter. Katie Holmes is one of the few who went from Catholic to Scientologist and managed to return back.
Christian Bale
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The performer of the role of Bruce Wayne in “Batman” and cleric John Preston in “Equilibrium” has also been a supporter of Orthodoxy for almost 20 years.
As the rector of the Transfiguration Church in Los Angeles, which Bale visits, notes, the actor converted to Orthodoxy thanks to his wife Sandra, who gave birth and grew up in Serbia.
Brian Welch - Christianity
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Brian Welch is the guitarist of the rock band Korn. The band recently released a press release stating that they have "parted ways with Welch, as he has chosen the Lord Jesus Christ as his savior and will henceforth dedicate his creativity only to him." Despite leaving Korn, Brian Welch says the rest of the band supports his choice and wishes him the best. In response to criticism from fans, he remarked: “This is not about religion, not about the church and not about me. We are talking about the Book of Life, and everyone should study it. She's gorgeous. She can do things like change a guy who plays in a rock band." To each his own, as they say, but coming to God made the musician a definitely happy person.
Natalia Poklonskaya
Natalya Poklonskaya, bison-info.pro
Former prosecutor of Crimea, and now State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya considers herself an Orthodox person, actively fights for the rights and feelings of believers and participates in the church life of Russia. A big stir erupted around the scandal with Alexei Uchitel’s film “Matilda,” which Poklonskaya, following numerous requests from citizens, tried to prevent from being released.
Isla Fisher - Judaism
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Isla Fisher, a red-haired beauty actress from Australia, was raised in the Methodist church. However, she was not turned towards it. However, in 2004, she realized that she wanted to marry the love of her life, Sacha Baron Cohen. The only problem was that Cohen was Jewish. Isla Fisher said: “I will definitely have a Jewish wedding, just to be with Sasha. I will do anything - convert to any religion - to unite with him in marriage. We have a common future and religion comes second, because love comes first.” The actress spent three years studying Judaism in order to convert to it according to all the rules. In 2010, the lovers had a Jewish wedding - and Isla Fisher was in seventh heaven.
Julia Roberts - Hinduism
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If you've seen the movie Eat Pray Love, you'll have noticed Julia Roberts' obvious connection to the Hindu faith. The actress calls herself a devotee of spiritual guru Neem Karoli Baba and says that it was he who attracted her to religion. And, I must say, the film also contributed to the hobby - after all, it was necessary to properly get used to the role. Julia even gave her children new names in honor of Hindu gods. And before, the actress was half Catholic, half Baptist - at least she was born in a family where these religions were honored, and she knew everything about them. Although I didn’t adhere to any of them. Of course, if asked, she would then call herself a Christian. But today Julia Roberts is deeply immersed in Hinduism and says it gives her a sense of peace and tranquility like she's never known before.
Anton and Victoria Makarsky
The Makarsky couple are one of the most religious celebrities in Russian show business. Religion helped them save their marriage, become parents and overcome obstacles to family happiness. For Anton and Victoria, the Church and God are an inexhaustible source of wisdom and joy.
The birth of their daughter Mary after 13 years of waiting strengthened the couple's faith in God and God's Providence. The Makarsky children follow the example of their parents, and they, in turn, pray for the health of their heirs every day and teach them to live with love in their hearts.
Gary Busey - Christianity
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Gary Busey is crazy and he knows it. But this was not always the case. He himself blames all his problems on a motorcycle accident in 1988, as a result of which the actor received a traumatic brain injury, experienced terrible pain and began to suppress it with drugs. Gary Busey admits his addiction. Recently, when he nearly killed himself with a cocaine overdose, Busey declared: “I am proud to tell Hollywood that I am a Christian. For the first time in my life I feel free and can be myself.” He still struggles with addiction and the effects of brain damage, but there is definitely love in his words - perhaps that's what his faith did for him.
James Belushi
A sixty-three-year-old Hollywood actor, musician and producer, widely known in Russia for his roles in the films “K-9” and “Red Heat,” James Belushi owes his conversion to Orthodoxy to his origin: his father Adam Belushi emigrated to the States from Albania.
James is a parishioner of the Serbian Orthodox Church and baptized all his children into the Orthodox faith. He maintains contact with his historical homeland, and in 2009 became a citizen of Albania, although his political views are quite consistent with those of the American: he supports the secession of Kosovo. Married for the third time, he has three children - sons Robert and Jared and daughter Jamison.
Madanno - Kabbalah
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Madonna was born into a Catholic family and raised in Catholic traditions. Throughout her childhood and youth, she considered herself a Catholic. But as an adult and faced with the real world - namely, becoming a victim of gang rape - Madonna decided to reconsider her views on religion and began a search for the “correct” doctrine. Today, the singer says that she feels connected to all religions of the world, but she especially enjoys studying Kabbalah.
Jane Fonda - Christianity (non-traditional)
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Jane Fonda was born into a family of atheists and was raised in precisely this spirit. It was only in the early 2000s that she felt the need for faith and eventually chose Christianity. However, she does not consider herself a traditional Christian, but professes a certain faith “beyond the generally accepted religion” with an emphasis on feminism. She doesn't like religion itself, but likes the figure of Jesus Christ, and believes that God "lives in each of us as a Spirit (soul)." In addition, Jane Fonda practices yoga and meditation.
Ivan Okhlobystin
In the 90s, Ivan Okhlobystin was still a troublemaker. Now only numerous tattoos remind him of those times. He is a father of many children; with his wife Oksana Arbuzova, familiar to viewers from the film “Accident - the Cop’s Daughter,” he is raising six children.
Ivan Okhlobystin was a clergyman
In 2001, Okhlobystin was ordained a priest. During this period, the artist participated in the creation of a series of films about the lives of Orthodox saints, for which he was awarded a personalized watch from the hands of Vladimir Putin. Due to church duties, Ivan left his profession (although he continued to create scripts), but in order to provide for his family in the late 2000s, he had to return to film acting and resign his rank. In the 2010s, he wrote several books - these are biographies of Xenia of St. Petersburg, John of Kronstadt, and Matrona of Moscow.
Snoop Dogg - Rastafarianism
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Snoop Dogg has a lot to say about the different religions he has encountered in his life. He was raised as a Baptist, but in adulthood he began to experiment with other teachings that were not similar to Christianity. In 2009, the musician converted to Islam, but this did not last long, because already in 2012 he converted to Rastafarianism. And he even began performing reggae instead of rap, changing his pseudonym to “Snoop Lion” and claiming to be the reincarnation of Bob Marley. Considering the fact that Bob Marley died 10 years after Snoop Dogg was born, this statement seems a little far-fetched.
Ivanka Trump - Judaism
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Who could have imagined that the daughter of a conservative Protestant US president professes Judaism? Ivanka Trump converted to Orthodox Judaism in 2009, and before that she was a Presbyterian all her life. She says it has been an "amazing and beautiful journey" and now keeps kosher and Shabbat. According to Ivanka, Judaism greatly strengthens family ties.
Kirk Cameron - Christianity
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You may not remember this actor, although he has been acting in films since he was a teenager. So, in his youth he was an atheist, like his sister Candace Cameron, but today both of them are convinced and sincere Christians. So convinced that they often have to deal with criticism from former fans, especially after Kirk's statements that homosexuality is destructive. The topic is hot and there is something to argue about, of course.
Boris Korchevnikov
Boris Korchevnikov, pantoleon.ru
Also among the Orthodox stars of Russia can be considered the Russian journalist and TV presenter Boris Korchevnikov. The actor of the series “Kadetstvo” came to faith after one friend recommended that he go to the relics of St. Matrona to improve his health. Standing in a giant line, the celebrity claims, he felt the touch of something divine. Today Korchevnikov is the head of the first public Orthodox TV channel “Spas”.
Angus T. Jones - Adventism
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The comedy series “Two and a Half Men” is a show not entirely suitable for children. This is true. But Angus T. Jones, the very “half” of this show, said that the series should not be watched by anyone at all, because there was “nothing but filth” in it. It took him years to understand this. He said he felt very awkward being involved in a show with so many adult themes at such a young age. But for some reason this did not bother him until 2012, when he joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He even stated that he did not want to take part in the show anymore, despite the highest salary for a child actor in the world, since the content of the series contradicts his moral beliefs.
