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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paisius Velichkovsky has received more than 63,190 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Paisius Velichkovsky is the 1,297th most popular religious figure (up from 1,369th in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 281st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Ukrainian Religious Figure.

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  • 56.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Paisius Velichkovsky ranks 1,297 out of 3,187. Before him are Billy Meier, Diego Laynez, Saint Fiacre, Joanna, wife of Chuza, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, and Andrey Sheptytsky. After him are Dashrath Manjhi, Pedro Arrupe, Nicetas of Remesiana, Antipope Philip, Benno, and Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, Paisius Velichkovsky ranks 10. Before him are Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Jazzar Pasha, Georg Benda, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Samuel Adams, and Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Pietro Nardini, Amursana, Leopold Auenbrugger, Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, Paisius of Hilendar, and François Joseph Paul de Grasse. Among people deceased in 1794, Paisius Velichkovsky ranks 36. Before him are Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Lotf Ali Khan, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, and James Bruce. After him are Fabre d'Églantine, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Jacques François Dugommier, and François Joseph Westermann.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Paisius Velichkovsky ranks 270 out of 1,365. Before him are Viktor Bunyakovsky (1804), Cyril Genik (1857), Moisei Uritsky (1873), Andrey Sheptytsky (1865), Lina Kostenko (1930), and Grigori Sokolnikov (1888). After him are Haim Arlosoroff (1899), Joseph Kobzon (1937), Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872), Alexander Georg von Bunge (1803), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), and Zbigniew Herbert (1924).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ukraine

Among religious figures born in Ukraine, Paisius Velichkovsky ranks 8. Before him are Nachman of Breslov (1772), Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902), Jacob Frank (1726), Filaret (1929), and Andrey Sheptytsky (1865). After him are Josyf Slipyj (1892), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), Anthony of Kiev (983), Hilarion of Kiev (990), Onufriy (1944), and Tekla Juniewicz (1906).

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