St Seraphim of Sarov: A Spiritual Biography [Paperback]

Archimandrite L. Moore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1994

Born in Swindon, England October 18, 1902, Archimandrite Lazarus (Moore) moved to Canada when he was 18 and eventually became a Canadian citizen. Then he received a call from God and returned to England. Over the next several years he lived in a monastery, spent time on Mount Athos, then went to Yugoslavia where he was tonsured a Monk in the Russian-Serbian Monastery at Milkovo. He was ordained Deacon and later Priest in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and was sent to serve in the Russian Mission in Palestine. In 1948 the British Mandate ended and the Israeli-Arab War broke out. The Israeli army made the Russian Mission their headquarters for the duration of the war, and then handed it over not to the owner but to the U.S.S.R. The Church lost everything. Father Lazarus was sent to the United States and then to India in 1962. Later he went to Greece and then finally to Australia. In 1983, Father Lazarus returned to the United States and lived in California. In 1989 he moved to Alaska where he finished his earthly life on November 27, 1992. This epic biography represents a major portion of the life's work of this renowned Orthodox scholar. Archimandrite Lazarus spent over 20 years working on this book and produced the definitive life of Saint Seraphim, containing the most compelling biography of the great Saint and Wonderworker of Sarov yet published in any language. It is as though Saint Seraphim himself confided in him.

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Born in Swindon, England October 18, 1902, Archimandrite Lazarus (Moore) moved to Canada when he was 18 and eventually became a Canadian citizen. Then he received a call from God and returned to England. Over the next several years he lived in a monastery, spent time on Mount Athos, then went to Yugoslavia where he was tonsured a Monk in the Russian-Serbian Monastery at Milkovo. He was ordained Deacon and later Priest in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and was sent to serve in the Russian Mission in Palestine. In 1948 the British Mandate ended and the Israeli-Arab War broke out. The Israeli army made the Russian Mission their headquarters for the duration of the war, and then handed it over not to the owner but to the U.S.S.R. The Church lost everything. Father Lazarus was sent to the United States and then to India in 1962. Later he went to Greece and then finally to Australia. In 1983, Father Lazarus returned to the United States and lived in California. In 1989 he moved to Alaska where he finished his earthly life on November 27, 1992.

This epic biography represents a major portion of the life's work of this renowned Orthodox scholar. Archimandrite Lazarus spent over 20 years working on this book and produced the definitive life of Saint Seraphim, containing the most compelling biography of the great Saint and Wonderworker of Sarov yet published in any language. It is as though Saint Seraphim himself confided in him.

Product Details

• Paperback: 501 pages
• Publisher: New Sarov Press (1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880364131
• ISBN-13: 978-1880364130
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,028,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saint Seraphim and Father Lazarus, pray for us!, December 23, 2002

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Michael P. Karcher - See all my reviews
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This review is from: St Seraphim of Sarov: A Spiritual Biography (Paperback)

Saint Seraphim of Sarov: A Spiritual Biography, is the best account I have read regarding Saint Seraphim. The author lived the Orthodox ascetic life in the Russian tradition and knows something about the Saint from the inside, as it were. This account has the most information I've seen, and is the thickest book on him I've seen as well. It might be said that 'the Saint is in the details!' Many of his experiences are akin to the experiences of Saint Anthony the Great of the Egyptian Thebaid. Something I didn't realize were the reasons for which he spent 1000 days and nights on his knees on a rock in the forest praying to God. After having reached an exalted state of holiness, he fell into a sin in his thoughts, a(read: 1) sin of judgement against another monk. In his sin, according to Father Lazarus, he suffered such a catastrophic fall, sin in thought only though it was('the little ones to dash upon a stone'), that this 'banishment from Paradise' was only healed after such a cross-bearing penance on that rock-"My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" Go ahead and buy this book be you an Orthodox Christian or seeker, or anyone interested in an icon of the Apostolic life lived with the greatest zeal and faithfulness to God. The story of how the bear came and ate right out of Saint Seraphim's hand is in there as well!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for all Orthodox Christians, July 14, 2001

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Andrey Latin (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: St Seraphim of Sarov: A Spiritual Biography (Paperback)

Amazing biography of one of the greatest Russian saints. Very detailed, very emotional. Quite a few great illustrations. Get it and it will change your life.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A modern holy man's life., June 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: St Seraphim of Sarov: A Spiritual Biography (Paperback)

For anyone who thinks that monks are eccentrics or that their lives have nothing to teach us, has Fr. Lazarus Moore got news for you! St. Seraphim of Sarov, a Russian saint of the last century, "fought the good fight" every day of his life, and he changed the lives of thousands around him. This is an amazing story. Read it!