St seraphim of sarov biography examples
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An Extraordinary Peace: St. Seraphim, Flame of Sarov
Friday Book Pick: An Extraordinary Peace: St. Seraphim, Flame of Sarov
By Archimandrite Lazarus (Moore)
The Christmas Octave is reason enough for celebration—liturgically and otherwise. But, these Christmas days are bursting with grace as we celebrate layers of glorious feasts. I write this on December 28th, Feast of the Holy Innocents, when we solemnly remember the hundreds of baby boys whose lives were taken by Herod’s jealous hatred of Jesus of Nazareth. Yesterday, månad 27th, was the Feast of John the Evangelist, also known as John the Theologian, perhaps best known as John the Beloved, as he knew himself to be “the one whom Jesus loved.” The day before that, December 26th, as you know, was the Feast of St. Stephen, the protomartyr of our Faith.
It strikes me that in the midst of Christmas, when we find ourselves kneeling before the manger offering our faith and our love to the Divine Babe, Holy Mo
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Saint Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral
Conversation of St. Seraphim with N. A. Motovilov
It was Thursday. The day was gloomy. The snow lay eight inches deep on the ground; and dry, crisp snowflakes were falling thickly from the sky when Father Seraphim began his conversation with me in a field adjoining his near hermitage, opposite the River Sarovka, at the foot of the hill which slopes down to the river bank. He sat me on the stump of a tree which he had just felled, and he himself squatted opposite me.
"The Lord has revealed to me," said the great Elder, "that in your childhood you had a great desire to know the aim of our Christian life, and that you continually asked many great spiritual persons about it."
I must say here that from the age of twelve this thought had constantly troubled me. I had, in fact, approached many clergy about it; but their answers had not satisfied me. This was not known to the Elder.
"But no one," continued Father Seraphim, "has given you a precise an
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Seraphim of Sarov
St. Seraphim of Sarov
Our venerable and God-bearing father Seraphim of Sarov was a Russian ascetic who lived at the Sarov Monastery in the 18th century, and is considered a wonder-worker. The Church commemorates St. Seraphim on January 2, and the opening of his relics on July
Life
St. Seraphim was born Prokhor Moshnin on July 19, His parents, Isidore and Agathia Moshnin, lived in Kursk, Russia; Isidore was a merchant. At the age of 10, Prokhor became seriously ill. During the course of his illness, he saw the Mother of God in his sleep, who promised to heal him. Several days later there was a religious procession in Kursk with the locally revered miracle-working icon of the Mother of God. Due to bad weather, the procession took an abbreviated route past the house of the Moshnin family. After his mother put Prokhor up to the miracle-working image, he recovered rapidly. While at a young age, he needed to help his parents with their shop, but business had lit