Seraphim Rose (secular name Eugene Dennis Rose; August 12, 1934, San Diego, California – September 2, 1982, Platina, California) was a clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, a hieromonk, a spiritual writer, and the author of numerous works that greatly influenced Orthodox life in America and generated considerable interest in Russia.

American. He was born on August 12, 1934, in the California resort town of San Diego to a Protestant family. After graduating from high school with honors, in 1952 he entered Pomona College, near Los Angeles. In 1956, after graduating from college, he entered the Academy of Oriental Studies in San Francisco, where he studied comparative religions. He was fascinated by Buddhism and the works of Lao Tzu, and he studied each religion in its native language. For example, he read Confucian texts in ancient Chinese. At university, he received a master's degree for his work on ancient Chinese dialects. He was fluent in French and Latin.

In 1961, having completed his bachelor's dissertation, and despite being predicted a brilliant career at the university, he abandoned his studies long enough to write a book—an exploration of the spiritual state of modern man.

After visiting the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Joy of All Who Sorrow in San Francisco, he broke with Buddhism and began attending Orthodox services, learning Russian, and studying books on Orthodoxy. In February 1962, he was baptized into Orthodoxy. During this time, he met Gleb Podmoshensky, a descendant of Russian émigrés and a graduate of the Orthodox Seminary in Georgianville. Together, they began publishing the "Orthodox Herald" bulletin, then opened a shop called "Orthodox Icons and Books" at the church—one of the first in the United States, becoming one of the spiritual centers of Russian Orthodoxy in America. Eugene intensively studied Russian and Church Slavonic, served as a reader in the church, and graduated from theological school in San Francisco.

In the mid-1960s, Eugene and Gleb decided to found an Orthodox brotherhood. In 1967, they acquired a plot of land in the forest near the town of Platina in northern California, on which they built a skete. In 1969, they moved to the skete, and in 1970 they took monastic vows: Eugene under the name Seraphim (in honor of St. Seraphim of Sarov), and Gleb under the name Herman (in honor of St. Herman of Alaska). At the monastery, they continued to publish the "Orthodox Herald," wrote and published works on spiritual, educational, and theological topics, and engaged in active missionary work.

In 1977, Father Seraphim was ordained a priest. He died in 1982 at the age of 48 from illness.