RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Seraphim Rose

1934 - 1982

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Seraphim Rose (born Eugene Dennis Rose; August 13, 1934 – September 2, 1982), also known as Seraphim of Platina, was an American priest and hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia who co-founded the Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, California. He translated Eastern Orthodox Christian texts and authored several works. His writings have been credited with helping to spread Eastern Orthodox Christianity throughout the West; his popularity equally extended to Russia itself, where his works were secretly reproduced and distributed by samizdat during the Communist era, remaining popular today. Rose's opposition to Eastern Orthodox participation in the ecumenical movement and his advocacy of the contentious "toll house teaching" led him into conflict with some notable figures in 20th-century Orthodoxy and he remains controversial in some quarters even after his sudden death from an undiagnosed intestinal disorder in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seraphim Rose is the 2,445th most popular religious figure (down from 2,375th in 2019), the 5,601st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,404th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Seraphim Rose ranks 2,445 out of 3,187. Before him are Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Jean-Baptiste Janssens, John Wright, Luarsab II of Kartli, Marie-Dominique Chenu, and Thomas S. Monson. After him are Arsenie Boca, Marina Semyonova, Peter of Bruys, Pierre Viret, Lajos Haynald, and Ashraf Ali Thanwi.

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Among people born in 1934, Seraphim Rose ranks 275. Before him are Alois Mock, Richard Swinburne, Akira Takarada, Michael Graves, Miroslav Ondříček, and Marilyn Horne. After him are Sven Wollter, Enrique Mateos, Fayza Ahmed, Canário, Marisa Allasio, and Lester R. Brown. Among people deceased in 1982, Seraphim Rose ranks 158. Before him are Willy Busch, Adoniran Barbosa, Vladimir Smirnov, Konrad Wolf, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, and Dominique Dunne. After him are Ed Hamm, Ludwig Bieberbach, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Gábor Szabó, Harold Sakata, and Douglas Bader.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Seraphim Rose ranks 5,601 out of 20,380. Before him are Lester Allan Pelton (1829), David Brin (1950), Alex Rocco (1936), Nathanael Greene (1742), Dom DeLuise (1933), and Amy Lee (1981). After him are Armand Hammer (1898), Jersey Joe Walcott (1914), Tom Perez (1961), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), Isaiah Washington (1963), and Edward Chamberlin (1899).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Seraphim Rose ranks 60. Before him are Michael Curry (1953), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Don Alden Adams (1925), Russell M. Nelson (1924), John Wright (1909), and Thomas S. Monson (1927). After him are Edmund Szoka (1927), Dorothy Stang (1931), Francis George (1937), Squanto (1585), Yusuf Estes (1944), and John Patrick Foley (1935).

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