Father Seraphim: On Knowing the Truth
I think one of the reasons God put me in the path of the life of Father Seraphim, is that I, too, am a crippled and deformed Christian. I love God with my mind, my strength, even my soul, but I do not...
View ArticleFriday Meditation I
[H/T: Fr Stephen] This next features a couple of photos of one of my patrons, Father Seraphim Rose: And here is the Kyrie:
View ArticlePlatina-Style Coffee
Another thing they [Frs Herman and Seraphim] used sparingly was coffee. I remember learning how to make coffee Platina-style. You leave the old gounds in the percolator from the day before, and you...
View ArticlePodcasts About Father Seraphim Rose
Recently, Fr Peter Alban Heers put up a podcast on the veneration of Fr Seraphim Rose, one of my patron saints (with St Benedict of Nursia), in Greece: Fr Seraphim Rose in Greece (mp3 link) You may...
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Blessed Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) of Platina
Troparian Tone 4 As a faithful ascetic of Saint Herman / thou didst flower as a spiritual rose in Platina / As an illuminator of Orthodoxy in America / thy writings bring hope throughout the world /...
View ArticleHow Fr Seraphim Became One of My Patron Saints
[A note to certain of my Protestant friends and family: an important article of Christian faith lies behind the following account–the communion of all the saints. It is essential to understand the...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary to The Orthodox Word
Forty-five years ago today, Eugene (the future Father Seraphim) Rose and Gleb (the future Abbot Herman) Podmoshensky started the journal The Orthodox Word as a work of the Father Herman of Alaska...
View ArticleOn Patron Saints and Leaving Academia
While I have previously here remarked on the fact that both my patrons saints left academia to pursue monastic vocations, it took the jest of a friend and co-worker to cause me to wonder if my leaving...
View ArticleFather Seraphim’s Intercessions
About three and a half years ago, I wrote about how Father Seraphim’s prayers for me regarding a particular matter about prayer had been answered (and here). More recently, I’ve asked Father Seraphim’s...
View Article2007 AFR Interviews about Fr Seraphim Rose
On this day in 1982, Fr Seraphim Rose of Platina reposed. Three years ago, Ancient Faith Radio recorded a three part series of interviews about Fr Seraphim. The first two are interviews with Hieromonk...
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