Let me, ahead of 2 September’s 25th anniversary of Father Seraphim’s blessed repose, commend to your attention, the following interview of Hieromonk Damascene, Father Seraphim’s biographer, about Father Seraphim:
Father Seraphim Rose: Spiritual Father (mp3 link)
Would to God more people would follow Father Seraphim’s ways.
I once talked with George Jenkins, a man who lived near and knew Father Seraphim in Platina. He ate and talked with Father Seraphim. George was non-Orthodox. I asked him his opinion of Father Seraphim. He said Father Seraphim was “a hard boiled egg.”
Of course, you won’t find testimonies like this in any of the “official” biographies.