# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurus-skurla
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:46:38.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurus-skurla"
name: "Laurus Škurla"
slug: "laurus-skurla"
description: "Metropolitan Laurus 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. They joined the Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, New York, established in 1928 by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia."
tagline: "Bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (1928–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Metropolitan_Laurus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1928-01-01"
deathDate: "2008-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.29075066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Laurus (Škurla)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "لورس شكورلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лаўр (Шкурла)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лавър Източноамерикански и Нюйоркски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurus_Schkurla"
    title: "Laurus Schkurla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%B1%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%B1"
    title: "Λαύρος Σκούρλα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurus_%C5%A0kurla"
    title: "Laurus Škurla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laure_(%C5%A0kurla)"
    title: "Laure (Škurla)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurus_%C5%A0kurla"
    title: "Laurus Škurla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81awr_(Szkur%C5%82a)"
    title: "Ławr (Szkurła)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauro_(%C5%A0kurla)"
    title: "Lauro (Škurla)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80_(%D0%A8%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0)"
    title: "Лавр (Шкурла)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80_(%D0%A8%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0)"
    title: "Лавр (Шкурла)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurus_(%C5%A0kurla)"
    title: "Laurus (Škurla)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лавр Шкурла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump