death_date death_place birth_place birth_date major_shrine image article_title name
02 september 1982 platina , california san diego , california august 13 , 1934 st. herman of alaska monastery , platina , california fr . serpahim rose.jpg seraphim rose
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seraphim rose

seraphim rose -lrb- born eugene dennis rose ; august 13 , 1934 -- september 2 , 1982 -rrb- , also known as seraphim of platina , was an american hieromonk of the russian orthodox church outside russia who co-founded the st. herman of alaska monastery in platina , california .
he translated orthodox christian texts and authored several polemical works .
his writings have been credited with helping to spread 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 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 .
however , many other orthodox christians hold him in high esteem , venerating him as a saint in iconography , liturgy and prayer though he has not been formally canonized by any orthodox synod .
rose 's monastery -lrb- as of 2010 -rrb- is currently affiliated with the serbian orthodox church and continues to carry on his work of publishing and orthodox missionary activity .
