Fr. Seraphim Rose - A Tribute
24.02.202504:21
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27.01.202502:58
These two issues of The Orthodox Word provide important insights into Fr. Seraphim’s understanding of the suffering Russian Church
27.01.202502:52
“…despite the tragedy of Sergianism, all the sincere Orthodox believers of Russia are still part of the same Church.”
-Fr. Seraphim Rose, The Orthodox Word, Jan-Feb 1981, #96
-Fr. Seraphim Rose, The Orthodox Word, Jan-Feb 1981, #96
13.11.202420:49
If we truly live the Orthodox world-view, our Faith will survive the shocks ahead of us and be a source of inspiration and salvation for those who will still be seeking Christ even amidst the shipwreck of humanity which has already begun today.
-Fr. Seraphim Rose, “Living the Orthodox Worldview”
-Fr. Seraphim Rose, “Living the Orthodox Worldview”
23.02.202523:18
The other day one of our skete schema-monks came to see me.
"I've fallen into despondency, Abba, since I don't see in myself—in one who bears the exalted angelic habit—a change for the better. The Lord calls one strictly to account if he's a monk or schema-monk only according to his clothing. But how can I change? How can I die to sin? I sense my total feebleness."
"Yes," I replied, "we're absolutely bankrupt, and if the Lord judges according to works, He will find nothing good in us.”
"But is there hope for salvation then?"
"Of course there is. Always say the Jesus Prayer, and leave everything to the will of God."
"But what kind of benefit can there be from this prayer if neither the mind nor the heart participates in it?"
"Enormous benefit. Of course, this prayer has many subdivisions, from simple utterance to creative prayer. But for us, even if we were to be on the bottom step, it would be salvific. The powers of the enemy run from one who utters this prayer, and sooner or later he'll be saved all the same.
"I've been resurrected!" the schema-monk exclaimed. "I won't be despondent anymore."
And so I repeat: say the prayer, even if only with your lips, and the Lord will never abandon you.
-Elder Barsanuphius of Optina, p.454 (translated by Fr. Seraphim Rose)
"I've fallen into despondency, Abba, since I don't see in myself—in one who bears the exalted angelic habit—a change for the better. The Lord calls one strictly to account if he's a monk or schema-monk only according to his clothing. But how can I change? How can I die to sin? I sense my total feebleness."
"Yes," I replied, "we're absolutely bankrupt, and if the Lord judges according to works, He will find nothing good in us.”
"But is there hope for salvation then?"
"Of course there is. Always say the Jesus Prayer, and leave everything to the will of God."
"But what kind of benefit can there be from this prayer if neither the mind nor the heart participates in it?"
"Enormous benefit. Of course, this prayer has many subdivisions, from simple utterance to creative prayer. But for us, even if we were to be on the bottom step, it would be salvific. The powers of the enemy run from one who utters this prayer, and sooner or later he'll be saved all the same.
"I've been resurrected!" the schema-monk exclaimed. "I won't be despondent anymore."
And so I repeat: say the prayer, even if only with your lips, and the Lord will never abandon you.
-Elder Barsanuphius of Optina, p.454 (translated by Fr. Seraphim Rose)
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The Orthodox Word, Jan-Feb 1981, #96
15.01.202519:45
Left to right:
Archbishop Vitaly of Montreal
Saint Philaret of New York
Saint John of San Francisco
Archbishop Averky of Jordanville
Archbishop Vitaly of Montreal
Saint Philaret of New York
Saint John of San Francisco
Archbishop Averky of Jordanville
26.10.202413:58
Final paragraph from “The Royal Path” by Fr. Seraphim Rose
…a “united front” of confessing Churches to oppose the ecumenical movement which has taken possession of “official” Orthodoxy…this is a “political” view…But it cannot be that the witness of so many martyrs and confessors and champions of True Orthodoxy in the 20th century will have been in vain.
…a “united front” of confessing Churches to oppose the ecumenical movement which has taken possession of “official” Orthodoxy…this is a “political” view…But it cannot be that the witness of so many martyrs and confessors and champions of True Orthodoxy in the 20th century will have been in vain.
21.02.202501:12
BACK IN PRINT
GENESIS, CREATION, and EARLY MAN by Fr. Seraphim Rose
https://www.sainthermanmonastery.com/product-p/gen.htm
GENESIS, CREATION, and EARLY MAN by Fr. Seraphim Rose
https://www.sainthermanmonastery.com/product-p/gen.htm
28.01.202503:14
27.01.202502:56
Important follow up article by Fr. Seraphim
The Orthodox Word, May-Jun 1981, #98
The Orthodox Word, May-Jun 1981, #98
27.01.202500:02
Do not trust your mind too much; thinking must be refined by suffering, or it will not stand the test of these cruel times.
-Fr. Seraphim Rose
-Fr. Seraphim Rose
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24.10.202417:13
L.A. premiere of film about St. John of San Francisco draws Orthodox faithful
https://orthochristian.com/164058.html
A new film about the Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker St. John of San Francisco, “Aroma of Holiness,” premiered in Los Angeles last week.
https://orthochristian.com/164058.html
A new film about the Holy Hierarch and Wonderworker St. John of San Francisco, “Aroma of Holiness,” premiered in Los Angeles last week.
12.02.202523:33
But the very nature of the Ecumenist heresy — the belief that there is no one visible Church of Christ, that it is only now being formed — is such that it disposes the soul under its influence to certain spiritual attitudes which, in time, should produce a typical Ecumenist “piety” and “spirituality.” In our day this seems to be happening at last, as the Ecumenical attitude of religious “expectancy” and “searching” begins to be rewarded by the activity of a certain “spirit” which gives religious satisfaction to the barren souls of the Ecumenist wasteland and results in a characteristic “piety” which is no longer merely Protestant in tone.
-Fr. Seraphim Rose, Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, Preface
-Fr. Seraphim Rose, Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, Preface
28.01.202500:51
Fr. Ambrose and the priest helping him, Fr. Andreas Blom
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11.01.202520:36
A note from Fr. Alexey Young in Letters from Father Seraphim (p. 237) written just before Fr. Seraphim’s own letter mentioning the trip to the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon in summer of 1982.
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