Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Thursday, 13 September 2007 | 2 Comments »
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 love him well with my heart. My Restoration Movement upbringing, [...]
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Saturday, 8 September 2007 | 1 Comment »
Photos from the 25th Anniversary of Fr Seraphim’s Repose
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina, Saints and Martyrs on Sunday, 2 September 2007 | No Comments »
(It should be noted that icons of holy fathers do not receive the halo until they are canonized by synod. At this time, Fr. Seraphim has not been canonized, so strictly speaking the halo on this icon is premature.)
Troparian Tone 4
As a faithful ascetic of Saint Herman / you flowered as a spiritual rose in [...]
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Sunday, 2 September 2007 | No Comments »
The third, and final interview, in the series is now up. This time it is an interview with Abbot Gerasim, abbot of St Herman’s monastery. And again, as we celebrate the blessed repose of Father Seraphim, I commend it to your attention.
Father Seraphim Rose: Prayer and Orthodox Spirituality
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Saturday, 1 September 2007 | 1 Comment »
This year, as I have done every year since 2002, I am once more reading Hieromonk Damascene’s biography of Father Seraphim, Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works. (In 2002, and again in 2005, I read the original version, Not of This World.) This year, I am doing something a little different from [...]
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Saturday, 1 September 2007 | No Comments »
As we continue to look forward to tomorrow’s anniversary of Father Seraphim’s blessed repose, I commend to you the second part of the interview with Hieromonk Damascene:
Father Seraphim Rose: The Man, the Struggler (mp3 link)
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Friday, 31 August 2007 | 2 Comments »
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)
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina, The Journey to Antioch on Friday, 25 May 2007 | No Comments »
To remember:
At the same time the Bishop [Nektary] warned the fathers not to fall into pride. When they visited him in San Francisco in 1975 he told them: “Don’t think that anything you have is by your own efforts or merit. It’s a gift of God.” In Optina, his brother Ivan Kontzevitch [...]
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Friday, 9 February 2007 | No Comments »
Reader Christopher, in his Fr. Seraphim and Subcultural Appeal, responds to some criticism of Blessed Seraphim:
I would even suggest that Fr. Seraphim Rose only appeals to a subculture within Orthodoxy and is not representative of Orthodoxy as a whole.
This comment has stuck with me for a long time. I have often sought to understand the [...]
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina, Orthodoxy, Prayer on Thursday, 12 October 2006 | No Comments »
As I noted in the previous post, a year ago, I asked Blessed Seraphim to pray for me that I would gain a correct understanding of the questions I had about the Jesus Prayer, and a correct practice. The answers to his intercessions for me continue.
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina, Orthodoxy, Prayer on Wednesday, 11 October 2006 | No Comments »
About a year ago, I was reading the Light and Life Publishing book, by Anthony Coniaris, Confronting and Controlling Your Thoughts According to the Fathers of the Philokalia. I posted a few times citing portions of the book and reflecting on my struggle to practice such oneness of mind and to practice the Jesus [...]
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Tuesday, 23 May 2006 | 2 Comments »
Fr Seraphim’s lectures on The signs of the end of the world, are available in mp3 format. Click on the web link to take you to the audio files and give a listen.
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Tuesday, 4 April 2006 | No Comments »
I have the extreme good fortune to have access to libraries that, among them, carry every issue of The Orthodox Word published to date–either bound or on microfilm.
Recently I was able to make a copy for myself of the following articles:
“The Chinese Mind” (1996:187/188, pp. 103-116)
“An Answer to Ivan Karamazov” (1985:120 [21:1], pp. 31-33)
and
“Christian Realism [...]
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Saturday, 26 November 2005 | 1 Comment »
[Note: I have, since 2002, read Blessed Hieromonk Seraphim's biography each year. Beginning sometime in the autumn, in September or October, I read a chapter or two most everyday. In 2002, my first exposure to Fr. Seraphim was through the first edition of his biography, authored by Hieromonk Damascene Christenson, Not of [...]
Posted in Fr. Seraphim (Rose) of Platina on Wednesday, 9 November 2005 | 7 Comments »
As my readers know, I have two patron saints–due primarily to God’s grace, but secondarily to my own spiritual incompetence and utter need for extra help!–St. Benedict of Nursia, father of western monasticism and Bl. Hieromonk Seraphim (who has not been formally glorified yet). The life of St. Benedict is found in St. Gregory’s [...]
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