Fr. Seraphim Rose: Unheard Stories Told by His Godchildren 

Fr. Logunov is my spiritual father and I am his altar server, was a great blessing to help him record this with Fr. Peter. Glory to God, may the message of the true Orthodox Ethos adhered to by St. John of Shanghai and Fr. Seraphim spread far and wide!

Yes Father, I kindly ask you to light a candle, when you go up, for all us sinners who listen to your talks about the Holy Fathers who have gone before us.

"Your soul understands the language." Beautiful.

He has helped my family go from Protestantism to pursuing Orthodoxy

Father, My 10 year old son had a vision of Father Seraphima Rose! 🌹 He is in heaven. Also, Father Seraphim was very kind. They led me to his cabin/ cell. Father Seraphim was SO HAPPY!!! It was just beautiful and Simple. Also, Saint John Maximovitch has done multiple miracles for our family .and I’ve seen him in my dream. He’s severe but SO SO LOVING AND PURE. His purity produces all else. Oh dear, Lord of mercy….purity proceeds peace! 🕊️

Thank you for agreeing to do this interview Father! It means a lot to us to have Fr Seraphim’s legacy passed on, and we pray that this inspires and edifies all who it reaches ❤️

This interview was a real gift from God. Thank you very much. Father Seraphim, Saint John Maximovich really inspire us. Saints from all over the world are the proof that Orthodoxy is the real path and only truth. And it's there for all people, black, white, Americans, Turks, Greeks, Russians, all. Best regards from Greece. Dimitris Klonos.

Greetings beloved brothers and sisters ☦️ from Jerusalem to Greece 🇬🇷 to Russia 🇷🇺, to usa 🇺🇸 😊

Oh my gosh....this video is PROFOUND. Sooooooooo many INCREDIBLE nuggets. For real, God help me change my life. I don't want to be Ameridox.

It´s wonderful to listen to people who knew Father Seraphim from face to face. Through Father Seraphim I came to Orthodoxy, he is very special to me, so is this interview.

Commenting for the algorithm, and to show support for my godfather, Fr. Alexander and his mother Marina! Much love to you all and thank you to all who worked to put this wonderful interview together for us!

❤✝ CHRIST IS RISEN ✝❤ ❤🦾⛪️🙏✝ FATHER SERAPHIM ROSE PLEASE PRAY FOR US ✝🙏🌹🕊

This podcast was such a blessing to me. My original Orthodox Christian Church was Sts. Cyril&Methodius in Summerville, SC. I moved across country for health reasons 9 years ago. I greatly miss my old parish and Fr. Anastasy Yatrelis. I have worshipped with Fr. Alexander and his wife, Natasha, many times. They have a church outside of Charlotte, NC. Along with their parishoners, they used to concelebrate with us on our parish feast day and whenever Vladyka Hilarion was in town. Plus, they were part of the tri-state concelebration in October at Cheraw State Park. Fr. Alexander and Matushka Natasha were always a joy to be with! I never knew this, Fr. Seraphim Rose aspect of their lives. It is very interesting.

Fr. Peter, bless. Fr. Seraphim is a major influence, his works have had a major impact on my life. I decided to put action to my inquiry after reading “God’s Revelation to the Human Heart”. The same love and peace I sensed in his words, I also sensed in the first parish I ever visited; the same love and peace I sense during Divine Liturgy: God’s Love and Peace. I was Baptized, Chrismated and received my first Eucharist on this past Lazarus Saturday. Glory to God! Fr. Seraphim was instrumental in my decision to pursue Orthodoxy outside of the internet, his words have left a great impact in my heart. I look forward to the day when he is canonized and hope that day is soon coming.

Glory to God☦️☦️

What a blessing to hear this story from Marina! Thank you for sharing!

This is something very special. Thanks to all, Glory to God

“The demons are busy”. So true

Vladika St John and dear blessed Seraphim pray to God for us.

Hello Fr Peter, haven't watched this stream yet, but if you ever looking for more people that knew Fr Seraphim Rose to interview I would recommend Abbess Victoria from OCA. She and her elder- Archimandrite Dimitry of Santa Rosa visited Platina a few times in the early 80s when Fr Seraphim Rose was still alive.

Awesomesauce

Thank you Father, 🥰🙏🌺was blessed by this discussion 🥰🙏

It’s interesting how the man, Fr Seraphim, is remembered a little differently by those close to him. Still an inspiration no matter who tells the story.

God bless!

Glory to God ❤

so strange that many of us slavic Americans had to go back and re-baptize into our home ecclesiological habitat. Many of us moved into parts of America that only had this "baptist church" (whatever that means) and in our ancestors' well-intentioned minds they must have figured they would rather integrate with those people than have no Church life at all. Strange to tell people I'm a Russian, but converted into our own church

Thank you

This is more than excellent

1:34:29 *_”That was the hardest Lent i ever kept in my life…”_* Dearest Elder Mother, you remind me of my own mother. God bless you, and your stories, and your sweet priest son. i remember my hardest Lent [having practiced Lent on my own since childhood, only nondenominational until this very year, 2024, an orthodox catechumen]… One year [early 00s] right before my birthday [March 18th] the Pope [who i respected as an elder of traditional Christianity] announced in the newspaper that he was “lifting Lent” for one day, Saint Patrick’s Day. i happened to be having a birthday party that very Friday night! Usually for Lent, my own tradition has always been to give up three things that are important to me [note: i am naturally vegan, plant-based diet, since childhood]. Needless to say, after a night of enjoying a sudden break from my fast, it was not easy to get back into it. One of the most challenging things ever, actually! At the time, i remember feeling anger at the Pope. Maybe more of an annoyance at his audacity. _How dare he ruin my fast!_ i thot. but it was my choice to listen. That was virtually the only time i ever listened to him. The first and the last. Anyway. Prayers. Love the host too. i want to find your churches. Rodleen 𓅊 viA Father David of St. Andrew

I was baptized last year, and I have just wanted to be an Orthodox. I want to live my rest of my life as an Orthodox, that is it. This is why I subscribed and have been learning from you Father. I have lost many times in the vast wild land of Orthodox faith having without my Spiritual Father, but I could come back to Him and could rise again because I could learn from you. Thank you, Father. God bless.

@The Orthodox Ethos. At hour 1:00 or so, the American woman referenced as dropping off her kid, was my mother. Mary Russell...a severely disturbed woman. To be fair to Fathers Seraphim and Herman, they did their very best to protect me from her. On a side note, I wonder if Sasha remembers me (Adam). Also, the Tsar's Room is as clear as a bell in my memory - centered by a painting of Tsar Nicholas. On anothet side note, I believe I well remember Marina in her youth. What I wish everyone could discuss was the level of peace that Platina Monastsry gave. A truly holy isle of spirituality.

This was great! Thank you!

Great broadcast..thank you

More videos like this, please. It’s great watching you talk to laity.

The Joyful Grind! Splendid name for an Orthodox Coffee Shop and Bookstore! Somebody get on that asap!

Really great interview. Thanks so much Father Peter. Needed to hear this!

For context, it is referred to St. John Maximovitch of Shanghai and San Francisco. Lovely video, so genuine! Thank you Father ☦️ 🙏

Found f. Seraphim through his books. I feel blessed just having his books! Knowing him would have been a little pre-taste of heaven!.... God bless and keep us all!

What a beautiful interview. Thank you fr Peter and OE for this❤

This was an incredible interview. Thanks very much Fr Peter

Amazing.

Lord help us - the 3 other newly illumined converts plus myself all love Fr. Seraphim, we are at an OCA parish with a great priest. I oftentimes become overwhelmed by the OCA situation. Thank you for this video. May we all have the prayers of Fr. Seraphim, I too see him as a Saint.

love this video so much man

Την ευχή σου Πατέρα. Thank you for sharing. We look forward to the re-edition of Fr. Rose's book on early man.

Very enjoyable! Thank you.

This is lovely and a treat for ages to come. Thank you for such a special conversation.

What a blessing to watch this. Thank you so much. I’m reading the life and works of father seraphim rose at the moment. I’m a catechumen and I’m in love with the orthodox way of life. Thank you God 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

i definitely want to watch this

Im ab 750pgs in on the life and works of Fr. Seraphim. Such a good book and blessed that my church had a copy to check out

This was beautiful to hear. Thank you! Both laughter and tears as Blessed Fr Rose is the one I read that led me to The Church.

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Good interview

She touches on something I have seen as an issue. At 12:15, she comments about a man who insisted he be her godfather but she really didn't want to. I GENUINELY feel that Priests need to over see & monitor who can be whose godparents. I've witnessed a couple CONSTANTLY corner new people looking into the church. Sure enough, when these new people then choose to get baptised, these pushy people become the godmother/Father. A mutual friend of mine commented to some Catachumens, "Ya know, you don't HAVE to pick 'Jack & Jill' as your godparents", the catachumen was like "I don't?" And sure enough, this person chose someone else. These pushy people are converts to the Church themselves and they are RIDICULOUS. Between the two of them, they have something outrageous like 30+ or 40+ new Orthodox that they are godparents of in 10 years. WHERE is the Priest putting the smack down on this behavior? Further to note fr Peter......Special request for you to write a book / manual / guide on being a godparent. I am one now, and I always feel so lost.

Farher Peter... Regarding waiting somewhere @50 years to canonize...and hearing why...will you comment on the current work to cannonize our beloved Elder Ephraim...its going on right now. Are you attending ...and would you...if you were there...repeat this comment(@ waiting 50yrs)... And...i am guessing Elder Ephraim is very,very,very special to you.

I really hope that Fr. Josiah Trehnam @PatristicNectarFilms listens to this, especially at 14:37

Hello Fr, the link for contacting you personally doesn't work. Is there a different link I can contact you with?

Can anyone please name the chant from the introduction? Thank you.

Confused… did Marina say Fr Seraphim thought ROCOR would eventually reunite with Moscow and that this would be a good thing?

There's only one Orthodox Church where I live and it's antiochian. I just started attending orthos and Divine Liturgy am I doing something wrong? There are no other choices

Concerning the MP and Russia: Well, Fr. Seraphim died in 1982. it's not the 80s or 90s anymore where there was some hope of a revival of Orthodoxy in Russia or that the old Soviet power structure would disappear. It's now 2024 and more than abundantly clear that such hopes must be abandoned for the near future. Putin has restored a lot of the Soviet symbology, rhetoric and methods. The Russian Federation has invaded its neighbor and is involved in a full-scale war that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives already. And "Patriarch" Kirill is using this to weed out the last remnants of genuine priests while fully supporting the military aggression and painting it as a "holy war." Monuments to Dzerzhinsky, Andropov, Lenin, and Met. Sergius have been erected in the "Russian" Federation. By the way: Stalin did NOT open *the* churches. He allowed *a few* churches to be opened. While the True Orthodox where brutally persecuted.

If I may ask where f. Alexander is serving?

I'm confused why the actions spoken of by devotees at the time of Fr. Seraphim's repose were considered disrespectful owing to his monastic status? It seems they were treating him as a saint, wouldn't that be a great show of respect?

@ORTHODOX ETHOS ... What is @41 min. discussed about 'putting "AIR" on his face or pulling it off? @50 min. What is "ARTOS"? that is the only MEDICINE that we will have ? Thank you

1917... 1965... End times? 1965 was also Vatican 2, the end of the start of setting up of the new Religion !!

I am a recent returnee to Orthodoxy. My head hurts trying to figure out all the infighting between the subsets of the faith. It's all quite disconcerting. I think the greatest pitfall to the Orthodox Church is etnicity. This is America. Speak English. Act American. By the grace of God I found a parish that is English speaking only. If there wasn't such a parish I would have never returned to Orthodoxy.

Father Seraphim was greatly pained by father Herman. During the last days of his life Father Seraphim had ordered Father Herman - to keep away - Father Seraphim did not want him near! Father Herman had changed, he had become of a different s p i r i t ! Father Herman's unorthodox tragic spirit become further apperant later through writings etc.. eventually he was defrocked...

@ 1h 09: Regarding veils: recently, a ROCOR priest told me that that my daugthers (unmarried) need not wear veils, that only married woman. I understand that veils are not widely used across jurisdictions (Greek & Antiochian vs. Eastern Europeans) in the US. Can somebody explain the discrepancy, if any? Thank you.

Strict carnivore is an extremely difficult and uncomfortable diet to maintain. I’ve done it (poorly) for two Lenten periods now and because we are so conditioned to sugars, carbs, and processed foods in the present era, it’s like detoxing from narcotics. I think anyone who tends to be more rigorist, especially with regard to the fast as proscribed by the Church, ought to be required to experience it even just once for the sake of humility and perspective.

Father Peter, this interview does NOT do justice to the memory of the blessed Father Seraphim Rose ! Nor does it do justice to our Orthodox faith! How could you allow Father Alexander to claim that "its a grind" being Orthodox ???

bro wont fosofora go bad?