Greetings, my name is Seraphim Rose. Let me tell you a bit about myself based on what I learned from reading my Wikipedia page. 

I was born Eugene Rose in 1934 in San Diego, California to a family with French, Norwegian and Dutch ancestry. As a young man, I initially rejected Christianity and studied Oriental religions and philosophies. However, I eventually converted to Russian Orthodoxy in 1962 after encountering it through a friend. 

In the years that followed, I dedicated myself deeply to 