RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Herman of Alaska

1756 - 1837

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Herman of Alaska (Russian: Герман Аляскинский, romanized: German Alaskinsky; c. 1756 – November 15, 1837) was a Russian Orthodox monk and missionary to Alaska, which was then part of Russian America. His gentle approach and ascetic life earned him the love and respect of both the native Alaskans and the Russian colonists. He is considered by many Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of North America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herman of Alaska is the 2,633rd most popular religious figure (down from 2,323rd in 2019), the 1,589th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,452nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Russian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Herman of Alaska ranks 2,633 out of 3,187. Before him are Philothei of Athens, Sekhemre Shedwast, Gaëtan Dugas, Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, Pedro Casaldáliga, and Ángel Suquía Goicoechea. After him are Mauro Gambetti, Shlomo ibn Aderet, Eleutherius of Byzantium, Virgílio do Carmo da Silva, Kosmas the Aetolian, and Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Herman of Alaska ranks 37. Before him are Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, Francesca Lebrun, Henry Raeburn, Jan Śniadecki, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Henry Lee III. After him are François Chabot, Everard Home, Georg Friedrich von Martens, Thomas Linley the younger, Willem Bilderdijk, and Franz Josef Gerstner. Among people deceased in 1837, Herman of Alaska ranks 40. Before him are Agustín Eyzaguirre, Valentino Fioravanti, Yuri Lisyansky, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, Pavel Schilling, and Diego Portales. After him are John Soane, Ayub Shah Durrani, Joseph Grimaldi, Ivan Dmitriev, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, and Edward Donovan.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Herman of Alaska ranks 1,589 out of 3,761. Before him are Fyodor Vasilyev (1850), Alexei Fedchenko (1844), Semyon Bogdanov (1894), Dmitry Senyavin (1763), Johannes Bobrowski (1917), and Aleksey Remizov (1877). After him are Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875), Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (1947), Vladimir Levenshtein (1935), Andrei Tchmil (1963), Sergei Mavrodi (1955), and Pyotr Gavrilov (1900).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Russia

Among religious figures born in Russia, Herman of Alaska ranks 40. Before him are Elsa Brändström (1888), Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow (1530), Gamzat-bek (1789), Abraham of Smolensk (1172), Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev (1290), and Nikolay Ilminsky (1822). After him are Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807), Nilus of Sora (1433), Grigory Rodchenkov (1958), Vissarion (1961), Hilarion (1966), and Rawil Gaynetdin (1959).

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