Gershon Salomon

(Jeruslam-Alive). Founder and Chairman, Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement. Researcher and Lecturer in Middle Eastern studies, specializing in the history of the Kurdish people. His movement seeks to remove Muslim shrines from the Temple Mount in Israel, restoration of the area to Jewish control, and rebuilding the Temple. As such, it has been viewed as a provocation by most Muslims.

Most Reverend Bishop Michael Angel Saltarelli

(January 17, 1933, Jersey City, New Jersey-October 8, 2009). 8th Roman Catholic Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, 1995-2008. Ordained Priest, May 28, 1960. Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, June 2, 1990. Eighth Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, November 21, 1995-July 7, 2008.

Sharon Salzberg

(1952-Alive). Buddhist Spiritual Teacher and Co-Founder, Insight Meditation Society. After study in India, began teaching vapassana (mindfulness), 1974. Co-Founder (with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein), Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Massachusetts, 1976. Co-Founder, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, 1989. Co-Founder, Forest Refuge, 1998. Noted lecturer and writer.

(February 29, 1912, Cherokee, Iowa-January 28, 1996, Sioux Falls, South Dakota). Roman Catholic Priest and U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains, 1967-1971. Ordained Priest, June 1, 1941. Chaplain, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, 1943-1945. Major General and Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Army, July, 1967-1971. Author. The movie "Saving Private Ryan" is loosely based on his exploits in locating Fritz Niland in Normandy shortly after the D-Day invasion. Known as the "Parachute Padre" and "Father Sam." Parachuted into Normandy on June 6, 1944. Captured during the Battle of the Buldge and served time in a Prisoner-of-War camp, December 19, 1944-April 28, 1945. Received Distinguished Service Cross.

His Grace Mor Archbishop Athanasius Yeshue Samuel

(Christmas, 1909, Hilwa, Turkey-April 16, 1995, Lodi, New Jersey). Syrian Orthodox Archbishop-Metropolitan of the United States and Canada, to 1995. Secretary to Patriarch Elias III. Ordained Priest, Syrian Orthodox Church, April 4, 1932. Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan Archbishop of Palestine, Jerusalem and TransJordan, December, 1946. First Syrian Orthodox Archbishop-Metropolitan of the United States and Canada, November 15, 1957-April 16, 1995. Noted as the man who bought the Dead Sea Scrolls from Bedouin goat-herders in 1947 and preserved them for posterity.

Bishop Charles Edward Sanders, Jr.

(Louisville, Kentucky- Alive). Of Cherokee heritage. U.S. Marine (retired). Ordained Minister, Full Gospel Church. Bishop, Pentecostal Church, 2001-Current. Registered Counselor. Founder and Director, Institute for Christian Works, Kurtistown, Hawaii, 2004-Current. Author, Making of a Minister; Psychology vs. Christianity; Teaching Stories and Folklore.

His Eminence Juan Cardinal Sandoval Iniguez

(March 28, 1933, Yahualica, Mexico-Alive). Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico. Ordained Priest, October 27, 1957. Professor. Co-Adjutor Bishop of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 3, 1988. Bishop of Ciudad Juarez, July 11, 1992. Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara, April 21, 1994. Elevated to the College of Cardinals, November 26, 1994.

Most Reverend Bishop Michel Leon Emile Santier

(May 20, 1947, Granville, France-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Lucon, France, 2001-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, July 7, 1973. Bishop of Lucon, France, June 19, 2001-Current.

His Eminence Rufino Jiao Cardinal Santos

(August 26, 1908, Guagua, Philippines-September 3, 1973, Manila, Philippines). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila, Philippines, 1953-1973. Ordained Priest, October 25, 1931. Imprisoned by Japanese, February 4, 1944-February 4, 1945. Freed by U.S. troops the day before he was going to be executed. Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, August 19, 1947. Apostolic Administrator of Lipa, Philippines, December 10, 1949. Apostolic Administrator of Infanta, Philippines, March, 1950. Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, December 2, 1950. Military Vicar of the Philippines, December 10, 1951. Apostolic Administrator of Manila, October 17, 1952. Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila, February 10, 1953. Elevated to the College of Cardinals, Marchy 28, 1960. Attended Vatican II Council, 1962-1965. Participated in the Conclave of 1963.

Sankara Saranam

Founder, Pranayama Institute. Disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda. Initiated into the advanced techniques of Raja Yoga Pranayama as a monastic in the Self-Realization Fellowship Order of Kriya Yogis. Poet. Composer. Classical guitarist. Author of God Without Religion and Yoga and Judaism (1997).

His Grace Bishop Sebouh Sarkissian

(1946, Joukha, Syria-Alive). Bishop of Tehran, Iran, Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia. Ordained Deacon, Armenian Apostolic Church, 1965. Ordained Priest, Armenian Apostolic Church, 1968. Served Armenian community in Basra, Iraq, 1970-1974. Locum Tenens of Aleppo, Syria, 1975-1978. Director of Sunday Schools of the Armenian Church, 1978. Catholicosal Vicar of Damascus, 1992-1999. Bishop, 1997. Catholicosal Vicar of Kuwait and the Gulf Countries, 1998. Bishop of Tehran, Iran, October 26, 1999-Current. Presiding Prelate of the Armenian Church in Iran. Noted author of religious works. Active in the Middle East Council of Churches.