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St Seraphim of Sarov: A Spiritual Biography

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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!

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.

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!