MOSCOW, RUSSIA: COULD THIS be the world’s most religious wannabe cosmonaut? Pictures show how the bearded Russian Orthodox priest practices his zero-G skills, travelled in a MiG fighter on a journey to the edge of space and most importantly takes the last confession of Russian cosmonauts before they leave the surface of our planet. Father Hegumen Iov is responsible for the souls of nearly all Russia’s cosmonauts, but the rector of Transfiguration Church in Russia’s Star City took his life in his hands by travelling in a MiG-29UB at 1,100 miles-per hour at over 11-miles above the surface of Ear


MOSCOW, RUSSIA: COULD THIS be the world’s most religious wannabe cosmonaut? Pictures show how the bearded Russian Orthodox priest practices his zero-G skills, travelled in a MiG fighter on a journey to the edge of space and most importantly takes the last confession of Russian cosmonauts before they leave the surface of our planet. Father Hegumen Iov is responsible for the souls of nearly all Russia’s cosmonauts, but the rector of Transfiguration Church in Russia’s Star City took his life in his hands by travelling in a MiG-29UB at 1,100 miles-per hour at over 11-miles above the surface of Earth – to the very edge of the atmosphere.


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