 Gherasim Safirin

Gherasim Safirin (; born Gheorghe or George Safirin, also rendered Safirim, Saffirin, Saffirinu, or Safrim; October 1849 – February 14, 1922) was a Wallachian, later Romanian cleric who served as a bishop in the Romanian Orthodox Church and was deposed following a national controversy.Originally a schoolteacher, he felt attracted to monastery life an took orders in 1873, becoming a deacon the following year.