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Dedicated to sharing the life, teachings, and spiritual lineage of Hieromonk Seraphim Rose of Platina and promoting his veneration and glorification (canonization) by the Orthodox Church
According to Sylvia Anderson, who knew Fr. Seraphim better than most, “The essence of Fr. Seraphim was to be seen in his hands. He had refined hands with long, thin fingers, which looked suited for only intellectual pursuits — for something high-minded like playing the violin. But they were banged up, covered with lumps and bumps, cuts and burns, from all the hard physical work he did. Likewise with Fr. Seraphim himself: here was this powerful, refined intellectual, and yet he was humble. He never exalted himself at all. He did not live in an ivory tower, but was in the middle of things.”
-Chapter 73, “It’s Later Than You Think!”, Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works
Next week, Fr. Peter Heers and Timothy Honeycutt will discuss this article and take audience questions.
Friday, November 17 @ 5pm PST / 8pm EST
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Fr. Seraphim Rose: Reception and "Corrective Baptism"
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Today we commemorate New Martyr St. Seraphim of Uglich
Here is his personal letter to Met. Sergius he penned at the time he, along with St. Joseph of Petrograd and other bishops, declared separation from Met. Sergius.
St. Seraphim writes:
By your Declaration and the church policy founded upon it, you are trying to lead us into a sphere where we will now be deprived of this hope, for you are leading us away from the service of truth; and God does not help lies.
We are loyal citizens of the USSR. We obediently fulfill all the commands of the Soviet authority. We have never intended and do not intend to rebel against it, but we wish to be honorable and upright members also of the Church of Christ on earth and not to "repaint it in Soviet colors," because we know that this is useless, and that serious and upright people will not believe it.
-The Orthodox Word, May-June 1979, #86.
Archbishop John: Fearless Champion of True Orthodoxy
-The Orthodox Word, Mar-Apr 1971, #37
Fr. Seraphim Rose and brethren singing the Troparion to the Mother of God, The Joy of All Who Sorrow
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The Miraculous Icons of the Mother of God: “The Joy of All Who Sorrow”
Article by Eugene Rose in Issue #1 of The Orthodox Word (Jan-Feb 1965)
“The Mother of God, though in paradise, is also near to men; and use of iconographic symbolism allows these two facts to be expressed simultaneously.”
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The “Location” of Paradise
-Fr. Seraphim Rose, Genesis, Creation, and Early Man, p. 406 (Part 1, Ch. 10: Questions and Answers)
Today is the 26th anniversary of the martyrdom of Brother Jose Munoz, the protector of the “Montreal” Iveron Icon
Icon from Russia, left to right: St. John, Br. Jose, and Fr. Seraphim
On Jurisdictions, Zealotry, & The Fragrance of True Christianity
Fr. Alexey Young relates:
He was himself a “zealot,” but not to the exclusion of charity. Near the end of his life he once said to me: “I regret many of the ‘pro-zealot’ articles we published in The Orthodox Word in the earlier years: we helped to create a monster, and for that I repent!” He was quite emphatic about that....
-found in both the most recent and original versions of the Fr. Seraphim biography, chapters 99 and 100, respectively. Photos in the post are from Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works
Additionally:
We fear that all our articles about “zealotry” in the past years have helped to produce a monster!
-Fr. Seraphim to Alexey Young, June 2/15, 1976
And do you really think that we have changed in recent years over The Orthodox Word of old? Except for the meekening of our tone, at the request of our bishops, we have not changed at all.
-Fr. Seraphim to Fr. Demetrios, Sep 25/Oct 8, 1981
Update on Fr. Alexey Young 🙏🏻
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Fr. Seraphim on parish life:
The term "parish" usually signifies something "parochial," interested in itself. This is not the Christian ideal. We must be one with the whole believing Orthodox Church…
-Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works, Ch. 83 “Missions”
Photo: Participants of the Women’s Conference in Redding, California, 1979, in front of the Surety of Sinners Chapel.
⬆️ New article from Uncut Mountain Press detailing the witness of Fr. Seraphim Rose on reception into the Orthodox Church and so-called "corrective baptism".
This article attempts to present all the relevant material from Fr. Seraphim Rose and the context within which he wrote. At times, a single quote or letter has been shared by others, often taken out of context. To my knowledge, no other work has addressed these issues in a complete and exhaustive way.
New icon of Fr. Seraphim Rose hand written at the cell of Fr. Paisios of New Skete, Mount Athos who translated the Life of Fr. Seraphim into Greek.
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Reminder: you can read every issue of The Orthodox Word that Fr. Seraphim Rose contributed to here:
https://archive.org/details/100101V17N05061981SepOctNovDec/001%20V01N01%201965%20Jan%20Feb/mode/1up
The initial advertisement for Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future by Fr. Seraphim Rose
(The Orthodox Word, Jan-Feb 1975, #60, Back Cover)
“If we truly live the Orthodox world-view, our Faith will survive the shocks ahead of us and be a source of inspiration and salvation for those who will still be seeking Christ even amidst the shipwreck of humanity which has already begun today.”
—Fr. Seraphim Rose
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From a Life of Fr. Seraphim written in the style of the Lives of Saints found in Vita Patrum by St. Gregory of Tours:
Finally, when the soul of the blessed one was sufficiently purified, it departed unto the Lord. Fr. Seraphim's body was brought to his monastery to be buried on his beloved mountain, and, for the three days following his repose, was kept in the monastery church. There, as Fr. Seraphim lay in his simple wooden coffin, his face became radiant and smiled with such a serene smile that all were moved by the sight.
During the funeral, the church was filled to overflowing with faithful pilgrims. All came up to his coffin to kiss the blessed hands which wrote so many soul-profiting books, articles and church services. When the coffin was about to be taken from the church and buried nearby, one of the pilgrims, a woman named Helen, was vouchsafed to see Fr. Seraphim shining with celestial light above the coffin, facing the altar and swinging a censer.
Forty days after Fr. Seraphim's repose, a bishop named Nektary came to the monastery and led the singing of a Glorification hymn: "We glorify thee, our holy Father Seraphim, instructor of monks and converser with angels." During his sermon, he called Fr. Seraphim "a righteous man, possibly a saint." The verity of this appraisal is attested to by the numerous miracles which Fr. Seraphim has performed since his death.
-Fr. Damascene Christensen, Vita Patrum: The Life of the Fathers by St. Gregory of Tours, Epilogue, p. 325-326
Tour of the St. Herman of Alaska Monastery in 2017, including Fr. Seraphim Rose’s cell, the Monastery printshop, and a brief word from Abbot Damascene
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Fr. Seraphim Rose from Orthodox Survival Course, Lesson 11: Evolution
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Today the Church commemorates the Holy Elders of Optina
Photo: Icon of the Synaxis of the Saints of Optina and their relics at the St. Herman Monastery in Platina, CA