RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Laurus Škurla

1928 - 2008

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Metropolitan Laurus (January 1, 1928 – March 16, 2008, secular name Vasily Mikhaylovich Shkurla) was First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), the fifth cleric to hold that position. Born in Czechoslovakia, he emigrated to the United States in 1946 after World War II with brothers from his monastery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurus Škurla has received more than 16,388 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Laurus Škurla is the 2,833rd most popular religious figure, the 212th most popular biography from Slovakia and the 11th most popular Slovak Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Laurus Škurla ranks 2,833 out of 3,187. Before him are George Abbot, Paul Grégoire, Fernando Cardenal, John I of Antioch, Umberto Betti, and Léon-Étienne Duval. After him are Mario Francesco Pompedda, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Antonio José González Zumárraga, Tim Keller, Désiré Tsarahazana, and Jānis Endzelīns.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Laurus Škurla ranks 469. Before him are Pete Rademacher, Manuel Álvarez, Ardico Magnini, Finn Haunstoft, Barbara Ann Scott, and Boris Kuznetsov. After him are Judith Krantz, Peter Taylor, Jorma Valkama, Kate Wilhelm, Joseph Kruskal, and Anna-Lisa Eriksson. Among people deceased in 2008, Laurus Škurla ranks 292. Before him are Rubén Héctor Sosa, Frank Piasecki, Ai Iijima, Marilyn Ferguson, Don McKenzie, and Finn Haunstoft. After him are Antonio José González Zumárraga, Árpád Orbán, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Ruslana Korshunova, Igor Dmitriev, and Douglas Bennett.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Laurus Škurla ranks 212 out of 418. Before him are János Fadrusz (1858), Anton Moravčík (1931), Ján Babjak (1953), Ľubomír Moravčík (1965), Ján Čapkovič (1948), and Dušan Galis (1949). After him are Jozef Štibrányi (1940), Koloman Sokol (1902), Ivan Bella (1964), Ľubomír Luhový (1967), Charles Korvin (1907), and Kálmán Tihanyi (1897).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Slovakia

Among religious figures born in Slovakia, Laurus Škurla ranks 11. Before him are Anna Kolesárová (1928), Pavel Peter Gojdič (1888), Ján Chryzostom Korec (1924), János Csernoch (1852), János Scitovszky (1785), and Ján Babjak (1953).

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