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Excerpts from Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works

Tuesday, 29 March 2005 by Benedict Seraphim

The Orthodox Christian Information Center, has a handful of excerpts from Hieromonk Damascene’s biography of Blessed Hieromonk Seraphim Rose, Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works.

Super-Correctness – Chapter 63
Pastoral Guidance – Chapter 84
Orthodoxy of the Heart – Chapter 86
Simplicity – Chapter 87
Converts – Chapter 88
Hope – Chapter 99

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