RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Paisius Velichkovsky

1722 - 1794

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Paisius Velichkovsky or Wieliczkowski (Paisie de la Neamţ in Romanian; Паисий Величковский in Russian; Паїсій Величковський in Ukrainian; 20 December 1722 – 15 November 1794) was an Eastern Orthodox monk and theologian who helped spread staretsdom or the concept of the spiritual elder to the Slavic world. He is a pivotal figure in Orthodox Church history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paisius Velichkovsky is the 1,576th most popular religious figure (down from 1,297th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 270th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ukrainian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paisius Velichkovsky ranks 1,576 out of 3,187. Before him are Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, Ivo of Chartres, Jubal, Federico Borromeo, George Martinuzzi, and Antoninus of Florence. After him are Gustav Trolle, Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, Julian of Antioch, Didacus of Alcalá, Elizabeth Hesselblad, and Filaret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, Paisius Velichkovsky ranks 14. Before him are Paisius of Hilendar, Samuel Adams, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Leopold Auenbrugger, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, and Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Pietro Nardini, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Amursana, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Petrus Camper, and Nicolas Luckner. Among people deceased in 1794, Paisius Velichkovsky ranks 36. Before him are Jacques Roux, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Fabre d'Églantine, and James Bruce. After him are Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, Lucile Desmoulins, Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Anacharsis Cloots, Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, and Lotf Ali Khan.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Paisius Velichkovsky ranks 302 out of 1,365. Before him are Cassandre (1901), Alfred J. Lotka (1880), Oleksii Reznikov (1966), Grunya Sukhareva (1891), Peter Wittgenstein (1768), and Vsevolod Garshin (1855). After him are Nikolai Kibalchich (1853), Nicolae Văcăroiu (1943), Filaret (1929), Vladimir Drinfeld (1954), Haim Arlosoroff (1899), and Zalmoxis (-713).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ukraine

Among religious figures born in Ukraine, Paisius Velichkovsky ranks 9. Before him are Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), Nachman of Breslov (1772), Jacob Frank (1726), Josyf Slipyj (1892), Marian Jaworski (1926), and Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (1842). After him are Filaret (1929), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), Tekla Juniewicz (1906), Andrey Sheptytsky (1865), John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896), and Anthony of Kiev (983).

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