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Ignatius (Brianchaninov) of Caucasus

2008-03-11T02:39:48Z

Cantigernus: Added life of St Ignatii

Our father among the saints '''Ignatius Brianchaninov''' (1807-1867), was a Russian bishop and ascetical writer.

See also: [[saint Ignatius Brianchaninov about Islam and Muslims]]

==Life==

St Ignatii Brianchaninov was born Dimitri Alexandrovich Brianchaninov, on the 15th of February, 1807, in the province of Vologda, the son of an aristocratic landowner. Intellectually gifted, peaceful and relfective by character, from early childhood he was drawn to a life of prayer and stillness. But his father planned a military career for Dimitri, and so, when Dimitri was 15 years of age, his father enrolled him in the Imperial School of Military Engineers in St Petersburg. There Dimitri excelled, even attracting the attention of Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich, the future Tsar Nicholas I. Nonetheless, Dimtri felt called to the monastic life (something which, at the time, was very uncommon for a Russian aristocrat), and he became deeply depressed at the seemingly inevitable prospect of a career as a military officer.

In 1826, Dimitri fell gravely ill, but nonetheless graduated first among all candidates at the School of Engineers and received his commission. Immediately, Dimitri attempted to resign this commission, but his resignation was refused, on orders of Tsar Nicholas. However, in 1827, Dimtri became critically ill oncemore, and this time his resignation was accepted by the Imperial authorities.
During the next four years, Dimitri lived as a novice in various monasteries, without settling permanently in any of them, partly on grounds of ill health, and partly because he failed to find a spiritual father in whom he could place unreserved trust. (For the remainder of his life, St Ignatius would lament the scarcety of true spirit-bearing elders in his day.) Finally, in 1831, Dimitri was professed monk by the ruling hierarch of his home province, Bishop Stephen of Vologda, and received the monastic name of Ignatius. Shortly after that, Monk Ignatius was ordained deacon, then priest. All this was took place without the approval of his parents. In 1832, Hieromonk Ignatius was appointed superior of a small monastery in the Vologda diocese. However, the damp climate brought about ill-health which quickly forced his resignation.

Then, in autumn of 1833, the most unexpected thing happened. Tsar Nicholas, during a trip to the School of Military Engineers in St Petersburg, enquired into what had become of the promising student Dimitri Alexandrovich. Upon learning of his monastic profession and hieratic ordination, the Tsar ordered Hieromonk Ignatius to return to the Imperial Capital, where, aged 26, he was raised to the rank of Archimandrite and made Igumen of the St Sergius Monastery, one of the most important in St Petersburg, and one which enjoyed great imperial patronage. Tsar Nicholas entrusted Archimandrite Ignatius with the task of transforming this monastery into a model community, where visitors to the Imperial Court could see monasticism as it should be.

Over the next 24 years, and amid what was often taxing circumstances, Archimandrite Ignatius fulfiled his duties as Igumen of the St Sergius Monastery, giving particular attention to the beauty of the liturgy. During this time he was a prolific author, writing much of the material in the five volumes of his collected works.

Finally, however, in 1857, and exhausted by his responsibilities as Igumen, Archimandrite Ignatius was elevated to the Episcopacy, to serve as Bishop of the Caucasus and Black Sea – a vast, unorganized diocese, whose administrative burdens were particularly difficult for someone afflicted with Bp Ignatius’ ill-health.

Thus, it was no surprise when, after four years of episcopal service, in 1861, Bp Ignatius submitted his resignation. The resignation was accepted, and Bp Ignatius was allowed to retire to spend the remaining six years of his life in seculation at the Nicolo-Babaevsky Monastery of the Kostroma diocese, where he devoted his time to writing and a wide correspondence with spiritual children. He reposed in the Lord on the 30th of April, 1867.

Bp Ignatius was glorified as a Saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1988, and is commemorated on the 30th of April.

==Works==
*''The Arena'' is available through SVS Press or directly through [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville, NY (ISBN 0884650111)

==External links==
===Primary works===
*[http://www.thechristianactivist.com/Vol%205/V5loveofgod.htm On the Love of God] - from ''The Christian Activist''

===Secondary works===
*[http://www.roca.org/OA/28/28e.htm Champion of the Arena - Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov] by Archpriest Nicholas Deputatov in ''Orthodox America''
*[http://www.svots.edu/Faculty/index.html "In the Spiritual Arena"] by Fr. [[Thomas Hopko]] (April 1999)

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[[Category:Russian Saints]]
[[Category:Saints]]

Lazarus (Moore)

2008-03-11T01:19:54Z

Cantigernus: Hey, Fr Lazarus was British; let's have the Queen's English on this page (e.g. 'labourer', 'travelled', etc.).

Archimandrite '''Lazarus (Moore)''' was a [[missionary]] [[priest]] who served in Palestine, Transjordan, India, Greece, Australia, California and Alaska.

==Biography==
The future [[Archimandrite]] Lazarus was born Edgar Moore, in Swindon, England, on the [[October 18]], 1902. At the age of 18, he moved to Alberta, Canada, where he worked as a farm labourer for several years. It was here that he sensed a "call from God" (his own words) to become a missionary. For the next five years he studied at St Augustine's College in Canterbury, England - a training-college for Anglican missionaries. In 1930 he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in the Church of England, and then, in 1931, an Anglican priest. Following this in 1933 he travelled to India, where he joined the Christa Seva Sangha, an Anglo-Indian brotherhood with an ashram at Poona.

Drawn towards Orthodoxy, Edgar travelled in either 1934 or 1935 (there is some uncertainty about the date) to Palestine, [[Mount Athos]] and then Serbia, where he was received by [[Metropolitan]] [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], which at that time was centred in Sremsky Karlovsky, near Belgrade. He was then professed a [[monastic|monk]] at Mikovo Monastery, before being ordained by [[Archbishop]] Feofan (ROCOR) in January 1936 to the priesthood.

Fr Lazarus was then sent to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, where he worked closely with Abbess Mary (Robinson) and Mother Mary (Sprott), both converts from Anglicanism at the Russian Convent of St Mary Magdalene on Gethsemane. Whilst in (what was then) Palestine, Fr Lazarus taught at the school in Bethany which was maintained by the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.

Following the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, the newly-founded state of Israel handed over the property of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission to the Soviet Union, leaving the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, under ROCOR, dispossessed. Fr Lazarus then served as priest to the Russian Convent in Ain Karim (which at the time had around 100 [[nun]]s) and to the Transjordan.

This lasted a short period of time. In 1952, Fr. Lazarus was sent back to India, to help ROCOR with the approach made to them by a group of non-Chalcedonian Syrian Orthodox in Malabar, South India, who had approached the Russian Synod seeking admission into Chalcedonian Orthodoxy. Ultimately, the group were not received, but Fr. Lazarus stayed in India for the next twenty years, helping in missionary work. Much of his translation work was done and published during this time. Due to black cassock's being offensive to local residents, he wore a white cassock instead. While in India, he met Mother [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)|Gabrielia]], whom he consulted in his translations of the Fathers and of the [[Psalter]].

In 1972, Archimandrite Lazarus was called to Greece, where he contemplated settling; but in 1974, he was called to Australia. In Australia, Archimandrite Lazarus developed contacts with Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement, which he viewed in a positive light. In this Archimandrite Lazarus' views diverged widely from his ROCOR [[Bishop]], leading the Archimandrite to write to his Bishop, seeking canonical release. His Bishop never replied to the letter, but nonetheless Archimandrite Lazarus transferred to the jurisdiction of the [[Patriarchate of Antioch]].

In 1983, upon the invitation of Fr. [[Peter Gillquist]], Archimandrite Lazarus travelled to California, to assist with the integration of the former [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]] into canonical Orthodoxy. This would be the most successful missionary endeavour in which Archimandrite Lazarus would be involved, with this group being received by the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese in 1987.

He moved to Alaska in 1989 to continue this work of helping Evangelical Orthodox integration, relocating to St John's [[Cathedral]] in Eagle River, Alaska, a large center founded by Evangelical Orthodox, and now Antiochian. Shortly before his death he was visited by a ROCOR priest who reconciled him to ROCOR. On [[November 27]], 1992, Archimandrite Lazarus reposed in Eagle River, Alaska, from cancer. He was buried in the cemetery at St John's Cathedral.

==Books Translated==
*''[[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]]'', by St [[John Climacus]]
*''The [[Psalter]]''.
*''The Four [[Gospel|Gospels]]''. (This translation remains unpublished.)
*''The Arena: an offering to contemporary monasticism'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Jordanville NY: [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] Press, 1991.
*''On the Prayer of Jesus'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006. The introduction to this edition, by Metropolitan [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]], is a major source in this article.
*The Russian ''Prayer Book'', often called ''the Old Jordanville Prayer Book'', available [http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/prayerbook/main.htm online].

==Books Authored==
*''St [[Seraphim of Sarov]] - a spiritual biography'', New Sarov Press, 1994. Metropolitan [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Kallistos Ware]] has suggested that there are 'some doubts have been expressed whether this is actually the work of Fr. Lazarus, at any rate in its present form'. [Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia, 'Foreward', in Ignatius Brianchaninov, ''On the Prayer of Jesus'' (Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006) p. xx.)]

==External links==
*[http://www.abbamoses.com/months/november.html A short life of Archim. Lazarus], November 27.
*A short description of [http://www.australianorthodox.org/about_us.html the activities of Fr Lazarus in Australia].
*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/FrMatta/FrMatta&FrLazarus.png On Fr Lazarus Moore and Fr Matta El-Meskeen]

[[Category:Monastics]]

Lazarus (Moore)

2008-03-10T02:37:31Z

Cantigernus:

Archimandrite '''Lazarus (Moore)''' served as a [[missionary]] in Palestine, Transjordan, India, Greece, Australia, California and Alaska.

==Biography==
The future [[Archimandrite]] Lazarus was Edgar Moore, in Swindon, England, on the [[October 18]], 1902. At the age of 18, he moved to Alberta, Canada, where he worked as a farm labourer for several years. It was here that he sensed a "call from God" (his own words) to become a missionary. For the next five years he studied at St Augustine's College in Canterbury, England - a training-college for Anglican missionaries. In 1930 he was ordained a deacon in the Church of England, and then, in 1931, an Anglican priest. Following this in 1933 he travelled to India, where he joined the Christa Seva Sangha, an Anglo-Indian brotherhood with an ashram at Poona.

Drawn towards Orthodoxy, Edgar travelled in either 1934 or 1935 (there is some uncertainty about the date) to Palestine, [[Mount Athos]] and then Serbia, where he was received by Metropolitan [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], which at that time was centred in Sremsky Karlovsky, near Belgrade. He was then professed a monk at Mikovo Monastery, before being [[ordination|ordained]] by Archbishop Feofan ([[ROCOR]]) in January 1936 to the priesthood.

Fr Lazarus was then sent to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, where he worked closely with Abbess Mary (Robinson) and Mother Mary (Sprott), both converts from Anglicanism at the Russian Convent of St Mary Magdalene on Gethsemane. Whilst in (what was then) Palestine, Fr Lazarus taught at the school in Bethany which was maintained by the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.

Following the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, the newly-founded state of Israel handed over the property of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission to the Soviet Union, leaving the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, under ROCOR, dispossessed. Fr Lazarus then served as priest to the Russian Convent in Ain Karim (which at the time had around 100 nuns) and to the Transjordan.

This lasted a short period of time. In 1952, Hmk Lazarus was sent back to India, to help ROCOR with the approach made to them by a group of non-Chalcedonian Syrian Orthodox in Malabar, South India, who had approached the Russian Synod seeking admission into Chalcedonian Orthodoxy. Ultimately, the group were not received, but Fr Lazarus stayed in India for the next twenty years, he helping in missionary work. Much of his translation work was done and published during this time. Due to black cassock's being offensive to local residents, he wore a white cassock instead. While in India, he met Mother [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)|Gabrielia]], whom he consulted in his translations of the Fathers and of the [[Psalter]].

In 1972, Archimandrite Lazarus was called to Greece, where he contemplated settling; but in 1974, he was called to Australia. In Australia, Archimandrite Lazarus developed contacts with Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement, which he viewed in a positive light. In this Archimandrite Lazarus' views diverged widely from his ROCOR Bishop, leading the Archimandrite to write to his Bishop, seeking canonical release. His Bishop never replied to the letter, but nonetheless Archimandrite Lazarus transferred to the jurisdiction of the [[Patriarchate of Antioch]].

In 1983, upon the invitation of Fr [[Peter Gillquist]], Archimandrite Lazarus travelled to California, to assist with the integration of the former [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]] into canonical Orthodoxy. This would be the most successful missionary endeavour in which Archimandrite Lazarus would be involved, with this group being received by the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese in 1987.

He moved to Alaska in 1989 to continue this work of helping Evangelical Orthodox integration, relocating to St John's Cathedral in Eagle River, Alaska, a large centre founded by Evangelical Orthodox, and now Antiochian. Shortly before his death he was visited by a ROCOR priest who reconciled him to ROCOR. On [[November 27]], 1992, Archimandrite Lazarus reposed in Eagle River, Alaska, from cancer. He was buried in the cemetery at St John's Cathedral.

==Books Translated==
*''[[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]]'', by St [[John Climacus]]
*''The [[Psalter]]''.
*''The Four [[Gospel|Gospels]]''. (This translation remains unpublished.)
*''The Arena: an offering to contemporary monasticism'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Jordanville NY: [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] Press, 1991.
*''On the Prayer of Jesus'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006. The introduction to this edition, by Metropolitan [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]], is a major source in this article.
*The Russian ''Prayer Book'', often called ''the Old Jordanville Prayer Book'', available [http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/prayerbook/main.htm online].

==Books Authored==
*''St [[Seraphim of Sarov]] - a spiritual biography'', New Sarov Press, 1994. Metropolitan [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Kallistos Ware]] has suggested that there are 'some doubts have been expressed whether this is actually the work of Fr. Lazarus, at any rate in its present form'. [Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia, 'Foreward', in Ignatius Brianchaninov, ''On the Prayer of Jesus'' (Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006) p. xx.)]

==External links==
*[http://www.abbamoses.com/months/november.html A short life of Archim. Lazarus], November 27.
*A short description of [http://www.australianorthodox.org/about_us.html the activities of Fr Lazarus in Australia].
*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/FrMatta/FrMatta&FrLazarus.png On Fr Lazarus Moore and Fr Matta El-Meskeen]

[[Category:Monastics]]

User:Cantigernus

2008-03-08T02:06:02Z

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Prayer book

2008-03-07T23:06:03Z

Cantigernus: /* Prayer books available in English */ Added OUP edition of Greek prayer book

A '''prayer book''' in the [[Orthodox Church]] is a book of [[prayer]]s, usually designed for private devotional use by [[laity]].

== History ==
Before the advent of printing, prayer books were written by hand and were often richly decorated with initials and miniature illustrations telling stories in the lives of [[Christ]] or the [[saint]]s, or stories from the [[Bible]]. Because of the cost involved, such prayer books were usually only used by [[clergy]], [[monk|monastics]], or the wealthy.

With the advent of printing, prayer books became accessible to the average laymen and have been an important aspect of Orthodox [[piety]] ever since.

== Prayer books available in English ==
The [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Jordanville]] ''Prayer book'': good translation (for the most part) and reasonably complete. It uses the ''Psalter According to the Seventy'' produced by [[Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Transfiguration Monastery]]. For [[ROCOR]] parishioners, this is the best one to use, because of the translation. The edition currently available is the work of Fr. Lawrence (Campbell). This book is very similar to the one published by Holy Transfiguration. The main difference is that there are many additional morning and evening prayers.

''A Prayer Book for Orthodox Christians'' (translated from the Greek and published by Holy Transfiguration Monastery): follows Greek usage, though its order for the morning prayers is not the one found in typical Greek prayer books.

''An Orthodox Prayer Book'' (bilingual; modern English translation by Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash) from the Greek and published by Oxford University Press): follows the standard settings of Greek morning prayers, evening prayers and small [[Compline]] as found in the ''Synekdimos''. This translation is harmonious with the Oxford University Press edition of the ''Divine Liturgy'' (published with the blessing of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]) and with the wide range of liturgical material published on Fr Ephrem's [http://anastasis.org.uk web-site].

''The Old Orthodox Prayer Book'', or as it is commonly referred to, "The [[Old Believers|Old Believer]] Prayer Book": This prayer book has a lot of useful instructional material, and a lot of services that are set up such that they can be done as reader services (such as a [[Moleben]]). It also has the [[Church Slavonic|Slavonic]] text and the English text on facing pages. The disadvantage to it is the Slavonic text is not the standard text used by the Church (being the Old Rite) and so it differs in wording and often in structure. Nevertheless, it is quite useful. This prayer book was produced for use by the Old Rite community in Erie, Pennsylvania (ROCOR).

The [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's]] ''Orthodox Prayer book'' (Slavonic/English Edition): This prayer book is particularly useful in parishes in which both English and Slavonic are used.

[http://www.antiochian.org/orthodox-prayers The Pocket Prayer Book for Orthodox Christians], published by the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian Archdiocese]], is a popular, but more abbreviated version of the Prayer Book, though it contains some prayers not typically included in other prayer books.

== Sources ==
*[[Wikipedia:Siddur]]
*[[Wikipedia:Breviary]]
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/prayerbks.aspx A Listing of Suggested Prayer Boooks. Orthodoxinfo.com]

== External links==
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/services/library.htm Practical Tips on how to Build a Liturgical Library]
*[http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/prayerbook/main.htm The Old (Fr. Lazarus Moore) Jordanville Prayer Book, Online]
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/pr_prayer.aspx Prayer, Orthodoxinfo.com]

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Lazarus (Moore)

2008-03-07T22:56:13Z

Cantigernus: /* Books Translated */ Metr Kallistos is still a Bishop :-)

Archimandrite '''Lazarus (Moore)''' served as a [[missionary]] in Palestine, Transjordan, India, Greece, Australia, California and Alaska.

==Biography==
The future [[Archimandrite]] Lazarus was Edgar Moore, in Swindon, England, on the [[October 18]], 1902. At the age of 18, he moved to Alberta, Canada, where he worked as a farm labourer for several years. It was here that he sensed a "call from God" (his own words) to become a missionary. For the next five years he studied at St Augustine's College in Canterbury, England - a training-college for Anglican missionaries. In 1930 he was ordained a deacon in the Church of England, and then, in 1931, an Anglican priest. Following this in 1933 the travelled to India, where he joined the Christa Seva Sangha, an Anglo-Indian brotherhood with an ashram at Poona.

Drawn towards Orthodoxy, Edgar travelled in either 1934 or 1935 (there is some uncertainty about the date) to Palestine, [[Mount Athos]] and then Serbia, where he was received by Metropolitan [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], which at that time was centred in Sremsky Karlovsky, near Belgrade. He was then professed a monk at Mikovo Monastery, before being [[ordination|ordained]] by Archbishop Feofan ([[ROCOR]]) in January 1936 to the priesthood.

Fr Lazarus was then sent to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, where he worked closely with Abbess Mary (Robinson) and Mother Mary (Sprott), both converts from Anglicanism at the Russian Convent of St Mary Magdalene on Gethsemane. Whilst in (what was then) Palestine, Fr Lazarus taught at the school in Bethany which was maintained by the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.

Following the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, the newly-founded state of Israel handed over the property of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission to the Soviet Union, leaving the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, under ROCOR, dispossed. Fr Lazarus then served as priest to the Russian Convent in Ain Karim (which at the time had around 100 nuns) and to the Transjordan.

This lasted a short period of time. In 1952, Hmk Lazarus was sent back to India, to help ROCOR with the approach made to them by a group of non-Chalcedonian Syrian Orthodox in Malabar, South India, who had approached the Russian Synod seeking admission into Chalcedonian Orthodoxy. Ultimately, the group were not received, but Fr Lazarus stayed in India for the next twenty years, he helping in missionary work. Much of his translation work was done and published during this time. Due to black cassock's being offensive to local residents, he wore a white cassock instead. While in India, he met Mother [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)|Gabrielia]], whom he consulted in his translations of the Fathers and of the [[Psalter]].

In 1972, Archimandrite Lazarus was called to Greece, where he contemplated settling; but in 1974, he was called to Australia. In Austrialia, Archimandrite Lazarus developed contacts with Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement, which he viewed in a positive light. In this Archimandrite Lazarus' views diverged widely from his ROCOR Bishop, leading the Archimandrite to write to his Bishop, seeking canonical release. His Bishop never replied to the letter, but nonetheless Archimandrite Lazarus transferred to the jusridiction of the [[Patriarchate of Antioch]].

In 1983, upon the invitation of Fr [[Peter Gillquist]], Archimandrite Lazarus travelled to California, to assist with the integration of the former [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]] into canonical Orthodoxy. This would be the most successful missionary endeavour in which Archimandrite Lazarus would be involved, with this group being received by the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese in 1987.

He moved to Alaska in 1989 to continue this work of helping Evangelical Orthodox integration, relocating to St John's Cathedral in Eagle River, Alaska, a large centre founded by Evangelical Orthodox, and now Antiochian. SHortly before his death he was visited by a ROCOR priest who reconciled him to ROCOR. On [[November 27]], 1992, Archimandrite Lazarus reposed in Eagle River, Alaska, from cancer. He was buried in the cemetery at St John's Cathdral.

==Books Translated==
*''[[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]]'', by St [[John Climacus]]
*''The [[Psalter]]''.
*''The Four [[Gospel|Gospels]]''. (This translation remains unpublished.)
*''The Arena: an offering to contemporary monasticism'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Jordanville NY: [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] Press, 1991.
*''On the Prayer of Jesus'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006. The introduction to this edition, by Metropolitan [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]], is a major source in this article.
*The Russian ''Prayer Book'', often called ''the Old Jordanville Prayer Book'', available [http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/prayerbook/main.htm online].

==Books Authored==
*''St [[Seraphim of Sarov]] - a spiritual biography'', New Sarov Press, 1994. Metropolitan [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Kallistos Ware]] has suggested that there are 'some doubts have been expressed whether this is actually the work of Fr. Lazarus, at any rate in its present form'. [Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia, 'Foreward', in Ignatius Brianchaninov, ''On the Prayer of Jesus'' (Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006) p. xx.)]

==External links==
*[http://www.abbamoses.com/months/november.html A short life of Archim. Lazarus], November 27.
*A short description of [http://www.australianorthodox.org/about_us.html the activities of Fr Lazarus in Australia].
*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/FrMatta/FrMatta&FrLazarus.png On Fr Lazarus Moore and Fr Matta El-Meskeen]

[[Category:Monastics]]

User talk:Cantigernus

2008-03-07T22:05:59Z

Cantigernus: /* Lazarus (Moore) */ Some biographical references

{{Welcome}} - [[User:Andrew|Andrew]] 11:27, March 3, 2008 (PST)

==[[Lazarus (Moore)]]==
Thanks for expanding this article! Just as a hopeful aside, are there any sources available for Fr Lazarus' life? — by [[User:Pistevo|Pιsτévο]] ''[[User talk:Pistevo|talk]]'' ''[[User talk:Pistevo/dev/null|complaints]]'' at 13:52, March 7, 2008 (PST)

: Thanks very much! All the material I've added comes from pp. xvii-xxi of Bp Kallistos' introduction to St Ignatii Brianchaninov's ''On the Prayer of Jesus'' in the New Seeds edn. ('New Seeds' is an imprint of Shambhala Publications.) There Metr Kallistos bewails the absence of any full biography. But he does the following fn.:

: "A brochure was produced at the time of Fr. Lazarus's death, containing a brief account of his life written by himself; but on many points, including crucial dates, this is unclear. See also ''Mar Seraphim'' (Newman-Norton), 'A Hiccup in Oecumenical Relations: the Case of Father Lazarus Moore', ''The Glastonbury Bulletin'' 65 (November 1982), pp. 143-50 (well-documented); and the obituary by Fr. Andrew Midgley in ''Orthodox Outlook'' 7 (1993), nos. 1, pp. 14-15; 2, pp. 9-13; 3, pp. 14-17 (see also p. 23)."

: Hope this helps!
: [[User:Cantigernus|Cantigernus]] 14:05, March 7, 2008 (PST)

Lazarus (Moore)

2008-03-07T21:06:26Z

Cantigernus: /* Books Authored */

Archimandrite '''Lazarus (Moore)''' served as a [[missionary]] in Palestine, Transjordan, India, Greece, Australia, California and Alaska.

==Biography==
The future [[Archimandrite]] Lazarus was Edgar Moore, in Swindon, England, on the [[October 18]], 1902. At the age of 18, he moved to Alberta, Canada, where he worked as a farm labourer for several years. It was here that he sensed a "call from God" (his own words) to become a missionary. For the next five years he studied at St Augustine's College in Canterbury, England - a training-college for Anglican missionaries. In 1930 he was ordained a deacon in the Church of England, and then, in 1931, an Anglican priest. Following this in 1933 the travelled to India, where he joined the Christa Seva Sangha, an Anglo-Indian brotherhood with an ashram at Poona.

Drawn towards Orthodoxy, Edgar travelled in either 1934 or 1935 (there is some uncertainty about the date) to Palestine, [[Mount Athos]] and then Serbia, where he was received by Metropolitan [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], which at that time was centred in Sremsky Karlovsky, near Belgrade. He was then professed a monk at Mikovo Monastery, before being [[ordination|ordained]] by Archbishop Feofan ([[ROCOR]]) in January 1936 to the priesthood.

Fr Lazarus was then sent to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, where he worked closely with Abbess Mary (Robinson) and Mother Mary (Sprott), both converts from Anglicanism at the Russian Convent of St Mary Magdalene on Gethsemane. Whilst in (what was then) Palestine, Fr Lazarus taught at the school in Bethany which was maintained by the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.

Following the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, the newly-founded state of Israel handed over the property of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission to the Soviet Union, leaving the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, under ROCOR, dispossed. Fr Lazarus then served as priest to the Russian Convent in Ain Karim (which at the time had around 100 nuns) and to the Transjordan.

This lasted a short period of time. In 1952, Hmk Lazarus was sent back to India, to help ROCOR with the approach made to them by a group of non-Chalcedonian Syrian Orthodox in Malabar, South India, who had approached the Russian Synod seeking admission into Chalcedonian Orthodoxy. Ultimately, the group were not received, but Fr Lazarus stayed in India for the next twenty years, he helping in missionary work. Much of his translation work was done and published during this time. Due to black cassock's being offensive to local residents, he wore a white cassock instead. While in India, he met Mother [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)|Gabrielia]], whom he consulted in his translations of the Fathers and of the [[Psalter]].

In 1972, Archimandrite Lazarus was called to Greece, where he contemplated settling; but in 1974, he was called to Australia. In Austrialia, Archimandrite Lazarus developed contacts with Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement, which he viewed in a positive light. In this Archimandrite Lazarus' views diverged widely from his ROCOR Bishop, leading the Archimandrite to write to his Bishop, seeking canonical release. His Bishop never replied to the letter, but nonetheless Archimandrite Lazarus transferred to the jusridiction of the [[Patriarchate of Antioch]].

In 1983, upon the invitation of Fr [[Peter Gillquist]], Archimandrite Lazarus travelled to California, to assist with the integration of the former [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]] into canonical Orthodoxy. This would be the most successful missionary endeavour in which Archimandrite Lazarus would be involved, with this group being received by the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese in 1987.

He moved to Alaska in 1989 to continue this work of helping Evangelical Orthodox integration, relocating to St John's Cathedral in Eagle River, Alaska, a large centre founded by Evangelical Orthodox, and now Antiochian. SHortly before his death he was visited by a ROCOR priest who reconciled him to ROCOR. On [[November 27]], 1992, Archimandrite Lazarus reposed in Eagle River, Alaska, from cancer. He was buried in the cemetery at St John's Cathdral.

==Books Translated==
*''[[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]]'', by St [[John Climacus]]
*''The [[Psalter]]''.
*''The Four [[Gospel|Gospels]]''. (This translation remains unpublished.)
*''The Arena: an offering to contemporary monasticism'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Jordanville NY: [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] Press, 1991.
*''On the Prayer of Jesus'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006.
*The Russian ''Prayer Book'', often called ''the Old Jordanville Prayer Book'', available [http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/prayerbook/main.htm online].

==Books Authored==
*''St [[Seraphim of Sarov]] - a spiritual biography'', New Sarov Press, 1994. Metropolitan [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Kallistos Ware]] has suggested that there are 'some doubts have been expressed whether this is actually the work of Fr. Lazarus, at any rate in its present form'. [Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia, 'Foreward', in Ignatius Brianchaninov, ''On the Prayer of Jesus'' (Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006) p. xx.)]

==External links==
*[http://www.abbamoses.com/months/november.html A short life of Archim. Lazarus], November 27.
*A short description of [http://www.australianorthodox.org/about_us.html the activities of Fr Lazarus in Australia].
*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/FrMatta/FrMatta&FrLazarus.png On Fr Lazarus Moore and Fr Matta El-Meskeen]

[[Category:Monastics]]

Lazarus (Moore)

2008-03-07T21:02:04Z

Cantigernus: /* Books Authored */ Additional Note

Archimandrite '''Lazarus (Moore)''' served as a [[missionary]] in Palestine, Transjordan, India, Greece, Australia, California and Alaska.

==Biography==
The future [[Archimandrite]] Lazarus was Edgar Moore, in Swindon, England, on the [[October 18]], 1902. At the age of 18, he moved to Alberta, Canada, where he worked as a farm labourer for several years. It was here that he sensed a "call from God" (his own words) to become a missionary. For the next five years he studied at St Augustine's College in Canterbury, England - a training-college for Anglican missionaries. In 1930 he was ordained a deacon in the Church of England, and then, in 1931, an Anglican priest. Following this in 1933 the travelled to India, where he joined the Christa Seva Sangha, an Anglo-Indian brotherhood with an ashram at Poona.

Drawn towards Orthodoxy, Edgar travelled in either 1934 or 1935 (there is some uncertainty about the date) to Palestine, [[Mount Athos]] and then Serbia, where he was received by Metropolitan [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], which at that time was centred in Sremsky Karlovsky, near Belgrade. He was then professed a monk at Mikovo Monastery, before being [[ordination|ordained]] by Archbishop Feofan ([[ROCOR]]) in January 1936 to the priesthood.

Fr Lazarus was then sent to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, where he worked closely with Abbess Mary (Robinson) and Mother Mary (Sprott), both converts from Anglicanism at the Russian Convent of St Mary Magdalene on Gethsemane. Whilst in (what was then) Palestine, Fr Lazarus taught at the school in Bethany which was maintained by the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.

Following the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, the newly-founded state of Israel handed over the property of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission to the Soviet Union, leaving the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, under ROCOR, dispossed. Fr Lazarus then served as priest to the Russian Convent in Ain Karim (which at the time had around 100 nuns) and to the Transjordan.

This lasted a short period of time. In 1952, Hmk Lazarus was sent back to India, to help ROCOR with the approach made to them by a group of non-Chalcedonian Syrian Orthodox in Malabar, South India, who had approached the Russian Synod seeking admission into Chalcedonian Orthodoxy. Ultimately, the group were not received, but Fr Lazarus stayed in India for the next twenty years, he helping in missionary work. Much of his translation work was done and published during this time. Due to black cassock's being offensive to local residents, he wore a white cassock instead. While in India, he met Mother [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)|Gabrielia]], whom he consulted in his translations of the Fathers and of the [[Psalter]].

In 1972, Archimandrite Lazarus was called to Greece, where he contemplated settling; but in 1974, he was called to Australia. In Austrialia, Archimandrite Lazarus developed contacts with Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement, which he viewed in a positive light. In this Archimandrite Lazarus' views diverged widely from his ROCOR Bishop, leading the Archimandrite to write to his Bishop, seeking canonical release. His Bishop never replied to the letter, but nonetheless Archimandrite Lazarus transferred to the jusridiction of the [[Patriarchate of Antioch]].

In 1983, upon the invitation of Fr [[Peter Gillquist]], Archimandrite Lazarus travelled to California, to assist with the integration of the former [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]] into canonical Orthodoxy. This would be the most successful missionary endeavour in which Archimandrite Lazarus would be involved, with this group being received by the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese in 1987.

He moved to Alaska in 1989 to continue this work of helping Evangelical Orthodox integration, relocating to St John's Cathedral in Eagle River, Alaska, a large centre founded by Evangelical Orthodox, and now Antiochian. SHortly before his death he was visited by a ROCOR priest who reconciled him to ROCOR. On [[November 27]], 1992, Archimandrite Lazarus reposed in Eagle River, Alaska, from cancer. He was buried in the cemetery at St John's Cathdral.

==Books Translated==
*''[[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]]'', by St [[John Climacus]]
*''The [[Psalter]]''.
*''The Four [[Gospel|Gospels]]''. (This translation remains unpublished.)
*''The Arena: an offering to contemporary monasticism'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Jordanville NY: [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] Press, 1991.
*''On the Prayer of Jesus'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006.
*The Russian ''Prayer Book'', often called ''the Old Jordanville Prayer Book'', available [http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/prayerbook/main.htm online].

==Books Authored==
*''St [[Seraphim of Sarov]] - a spiritual biography'', New Sarov Press, 1994. (According to Metropolitan [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia|Kallistos Ware]], 'some doubts have been expressed whether this is actually the work of Fr. Lazarus, at any rate in its present form'.)<ref>Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia, 'Foreward', in Ignatius Brianchaninov, ''On the Prayer of Jesus'' (Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006) p. xx.)</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.abbamoses.com/months/november.html A short life of Archim. Lazarus], November 27.
*A short description of [http://www.australianorthodox.org/about_us.html the activities of Fr Lazarus in Australia].
*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/FrMatta/FrMatta&FrLazarus.png On Fr Lazarus Moore and Fr Matta El-Meskeen]

[[Category:Monastics]]

Lazarus (Moore)

2008-03-07T20:57:17Z

Cantigernus: /* Books Translated */ Additions

Archimandrite '''Lazarus (Moore)''' served as a [[missionary]] in Palestine, Transjordan, India, Greece, Australia, California and Alaska.

==Biography==
The future [[Archimandrite]] Lazarus was Edgar Moore, in Swindon, England, on the [[October 18]], 1902. At the age of 18, he moved to Alberta, Canada, where he worked as a farm labourer for several years. It was here that he sensed a "call from God" (his own words) to become a missionary. For the next five years he studied at St Augustine's College in Canterbury, England - a training-college for Anglican missionaries. In 1930 he was ordained a deacon in the Church of England, and then, in 1931, an Anglican priest. Following this in 1933 the travelled to India, where he joined the Christa Seva Sangha, an Anglo-Indian brotherhood with an ashram at Poona.

Drawn towards Orthodoxy, Edgar travelled in either 1934 or 1935 (there is some uncertainty about the date) to Palestine, [[Mount Athos]] and then Serbia, where he was received by Metropolitan [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], which at that time was centred in Sremsky Karlovsky, near Belgrade. He was then professed a monk at Mikovo Monastery, before being [[ordination|ordained]] by Archbishop Feofan ([[ROCOR]]) in January 1936 to the priesthood.

Fr Lazarus was then sent to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, where he worked closely with Abbess Mary (Robinson) and Mother Mary (Sprott), both converts from Anglicanism at the Russian Convent of St Mary Magdalene on Gethsemane. Whilst in (what was then) Palestine, Fr Lazarus taught at the school in Bethany which was maintained by the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.

Following the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, the newly-founded state of Israel handed over the property of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission to the Soviet Union, leaving the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, under ROCOR, dispossed. Fr Lazarus then served as priest to the Russian Convent in Ain Karim (which at the time had around 100 nuns) and to the Transjordan.

This lasted a short period of time. In 1952, Hmk Lazarus was sent back to India, to help ROCOR with the approach made to them by a group of non-Chalcedonian Syrian Orthodox in Malabar, South India, who had approached the Russian Synod seeking admission into Chalcedonian Orthodoxy. Ultimately, the group were not received, but Fr Lazarus stayed in India for the next twenty years, he helping in missionary work. Much of his translation work was done and published during this time. Due to black cassock's being offensive to local residents, he wore a white cassock instead. While in India, he met Mother [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)|Gabrielia]], whom he consulted in his translations of the Fathers and of the [[Psalter]].

In 1972, Archimandrite Lazarus was called to Greece, where he contemplated settling; but in 1974, he was called to Australia. In Austrialia, Archimandrite Lazarus developed contacts with Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement, which he viewed in a positive light. In this Archimandrite Lazarus' views diverged widely from his ROCOR Bishop, leading the Archimandrite to write to his Bishop, seeking canonical release. His Bishop never replied to the letter, but nonetheless Archimandrite Lazarus transferred to the jusridiction of the [[Patriarchate of Antioch]].

In 1983, upon the invitation of Fr [[Peter Gillquist]], Archimandrite Lazarus travelled to California, to assist with the integration of the former [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]] into canonical Orthodoxy. This would be the most successful missionary endeavour in which Archimandrite Lazarus would be involved, with this group being received by the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese in 1987.

He moved to Alaska in 1989 to continue this work of helping Evangelical Orthodox integration, relocating to St John's Cathedral in Eagle River, Alaska, a large centre founded by Evangelical Orthodox, and now Antiochian. SHortly before his death he was visited by a ROCOR priest who reconciled him to ROCOR. On [[November 27]], 1992, Archimandrite Lazarus reposed in Eagle River, Alaska, from cancer. He was buried in the cemetery at St John's Cathdral.

==Books Translated==
*''[[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]]'', by St [[John Climacus]]
*''The [[Psalter]]''.
*''The Four [[Gospel|Gospels]]''. (This translation remains unpublished.)
*''The Arena: an offering to contemporary monasticism'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Jordanville NY: [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] Press, 1991.
*''On the Prayer of Jesus'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Boston, MA: New Seeds, 2006.
*The Russian ''Prayer Book'', often called ''the Old Jordanville Prayer Book'', available [http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/prayerbook/main.htm online].

==Books Authored==
*''St [[Seraphim of Sarov]] - a spiritual biography'', New Sarov Press, 1994.

==External links==
*[http://www.abbamoses.com/months/november.html A short life of Archim. Lazarus], November 27.
*A short description of [http://www.australianorthodox.org/about_us.html the activities of Fr Lazarus in Australia].
*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/FrMatta/FrMatta&FrLazarus.png On Fr Lazarus Moore and Fr Matta El-Meskeen]

[[Category:Monastics]]

Lazarus (Moore)

2008-03-07T20:51:18Z

Cantigernus: /* Biography */ Corrected links

Archimandrite '''Lazarus (Moore)''' served as a [[missionary]] in Palestine, Transjordan, India, Greece, Australia, California and Alaska.

==Biography==
The future [[Archimandrite]] Lazarus was Edgar Moore, in Swindon, England, on the [[October 18]], 1902. At the age of 18, he moved to Alberta, Canada, where he worked as a farm labourer for several years. It was here that he sensed a "call from God" (his own words) to become a missionary. For the next five years he studied at St Augustine's College in Canterbury, England - a training-college for Anglican missionaries. In 1930 he was ordained a deacon in the Church of England, and then, in 1931, an Anglican priest. Following this in 1933 the travelled to India, where he joined the Christa Seva Sangha, an Anglo-Indian brotherhood with an ashram at Poona.

Drawn towards Orthodoxy, Edgar travelled in either 1934 or 1935 (there is some uncertainty about the date) to Palestine, [[Mount Athos]] and then Serbia, where he was received by Metropolitan [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]], which at that time was centred in Sremsky Karlovsky, near Belgrade. He was then professed a monk at Mikovo Monastery, before being [[ordination|ordained]] by Archbishop Feofan ([[ROCOR]]) in January 1936 to the priesthood.

Fr Lazarus was then sent to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, where he worked closely with Abbess Mary (Robinson) and Mother Mary (Sprott), both converts from Anglicanism at the Russian Convent of St Mary Magdalene on Gethsemane. Whilst in (what was then) Palestine, Fr Lazarus taught at the school in Bethany which was maintained by the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.

Following the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, the newly-founded state of Israel handed over the property of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission to the Soviet Union, leaving the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, under ROCOR, dispossed. Fr Lazarus then served as priest to the Russian Convent in Ain Karim (which at the time had around 100 nuns) and to the Transjordan.

This lasted a short period of time. In 1952, Hmk Lazarus was sent back to India, to help ROCOR with the approach made to them by a group of non-Chalcedonian Syrian Orthodox in Malabar, South India, who had approached the Russian Synod seeking admission into Chalcedonian Orthodoxy. Ultimately, the group were not received, but Fr Lazarus stayed in India for the next twenty years, he helping in missionary work. Much of his translation work was done and published during this time. Due to black cassock's being offensive to local residents, he wore a white cassock instead. While in India, he met Mother [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)|Gabrielia]], whom he consulted in his translations of the Fathers and of the [[Psalter]].

In 1972, Archimandrite Lazarus was called to Greece, where he contemplated settling; but in 1974, he was called to Australia. In Austrialia, Archimandrite Lazarus developed contacts with Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement, which he viewed in a positive light. In this Archimandrite Lazarus' views diverged widely from his ROCOR Bishop, leading the Archimandrite to write to his Bishop, seeking canonical release. His Bishop never replied to the letter, but nonetheless Archimandrite Lazarus transferred to the jusridiction of the [[Patriarchate of Antioch]].

In 1983, upon the invitation of Fr [[Peter Gillquist]], Archimandrite Lazarus travelled to California, to assist with the integration of the former [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]] into canonical Orthodoxy. This would be the most successful missionary endeavour in which Archimandrite Lazarus would be involved, with this group being received by the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese in 1987.

He moved to Alaska in 1989 to continue this work of helping Evangelical Orthodox integration, relocating to St John's Cathedral in Eagle River, Alaska, a large centre founded by Evangelical Orthodox, and now Antiochian. SHortly before his death he was visited by a ROCOR priest who reconciled him to ROCOR. On [[November 27]], 1992, Archimandrite Lazarus reposed in Eagle River, Alaska, from cancer. He was buried in the cemetery at St John's Cathdral.

==Books Translated==
*''[[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]]'', by St [[John Climacus]]
*''The [[Psalter]]''.
*''The Arena: an offering to contemporary monasticism'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Jordanville NY: [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] Press, 1991.
*[http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/prayerbook/main.htm The Old (Fr. Lazarus Moore translation) Jordanville Prayer Book, Online]

==Books Authored==
*''St [[Seraphim of Sarov]] - a spiritual biography'', New Sarov Press, 1994.

==External links==
*[http://www.abbamoses.com/months/november.html A short life of Archim. Lazarus], November 27.
*A short description of [http://www.australianorthodox.org/about_us.html the activities of Fr Lazarus in Australia].
*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/FrMatta/FrMatta&FrLazarus.png On Fr Lazarus Moore and Fr Matta El-Meskeen]

[[Category:Monastics]]

Lazarus (Moore)

2008-03-07T20:44:58Z

Cantigernus: /* Biographical timeline */ expanded biography

Archimandrite '''Lazarus (Moore)''' served as a [[missionary]] in Palestine, Transjordan, India, Greece, Australia, California and Alaska.

==Biography==
The future [[Archimandrite]] Lazarus was Edgar Moore, in Swindon, England, on the 18th of October 1902. At the age of 18, he moved to Alberta, Canada, where he worked as a farm labourer for several years. It was here that he sensed a "call from God" (his own words) to become a missionary. For the next five years he studied at St Augustine's College in Canterbury, England - a training-college for Anglican missionaries. In 1930 he was ordained a deacon in the Church of England, and then, in 1931, an Anglican priest. Following this in 1933 the travelled to India, where he joined the Christa Seva Sangha, an Anglo-Indian brotherhood with an ashram at Poona.

Drawn towards Orthodoxy, Edgar travelled in either 1934 or 1935 (there is some uncertainty about the date) to Palestine, [[Mount Athos]] and then Serbia, where he was received by [[Metropolitan Antony (Khrapovitsky)]] into the [[Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia]], which at that time was centred in Sremsky Karlovsky, near Belgrade. He was then professed a monk at [[Mikovo Monastery]], before being [[ordination|ordained]] by Archbishop Feofan ([[ROCOR]]) in January 1936 to the priesthood.

Fr Lazarus was then sent to the [[Russian Ecclesiastical Mission]] in Jerusalem, where he worked closely with Abbess Mary (Robinson) and Mother Mary (Sprott), both converts from Anglicanism at the [[Russian Convent of St Mary Magdalene]] on Gethsemane. Whilst in (what was then) Palestine, Fr Lazarus taught at the school in Bethany which was maintained by the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission.

Following the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, the newly-founded state of Israel handed over the property of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission to the Soviet Union, leaving the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, under [[ROCOR]], dispossed. Fr Lazarus then served as priest to the Russian Convent in Ain Karim (which at the time had around 100 nuns) and to the Transjordan.

This lasted a short period of time. In 1952, Hmk Lazarus was sent back to India, to help ROCOR with the approach made to them by a group of non-Chalcedonian Syrian Orthodox in Malabar, South India, who had approached the Russian Synod seeking admission into Chalcedonian Orthodoxy. Ultimately, the group were not received, but Fr Lazarus stayed in India for the next twenty years, he helping in missionary work. Much of his translation work was done and published during this time. Due to black cassock's being offensive to local residents, he wore a white cassock instead. While in India, he met Mother [[Gabrielia (Papayannis)|Gabrielia]], whom he consulted in his translations of the Fathers and of the [[Psalter]].

In 1972, Archimandrite Lazarus was called to Greece, where he contemplated settling; but in 1974, he was called to Australia. In Austrialia, Archimandrite Lazarus developed contacts with Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement, which he viewed in a positive light. In this Archimandrite Lazarus' views diverged widely from his ROCOR Bishop, leading the Archimandrite to write to his Bishop, seeking canonical release. His Bishop never replied to the letter, but nonetheless Archimandrite Lazarus transferred to the jusridiction of the [[Patriarchate of Antioch]].

In 1983, upon the invitation of Fr [[Peter Gillquist]], Archimandrite Lazarus travelled to California, to assist with the integration of the former [[Evangelical Orthodox Church]] into canonical Orthodoxy. This would be the most successful missionary endeavour in which Archimandrite Lazarus would be involved, with this group being received by the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese in 1987.

He moved to Alaska in 1989 to continue this work of helping Evangelical Orthodox integration, relocating to St John's Cathedral in Eagle River, Alaska, a large centre founded by Evangelical Orthodox, and now Antiochian. SHortly before his death he was visited by a ROCOR priest who reconciled him to ROCOR. On [[November 27]], 1992, Archimandrite Lazarus reposed in Eagle River, Alaska, from cancer. He was buried in the cemetery at St John's Cathdral.

==Books Translated==
*''[[The Ladder of Divine Ascent]]'', by St [[John Climacus]]
*''The [[Psalter]]''.
*''The Arena: an offering to contemporary monasticism'', by St [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. Jordanville NY: [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] Press, 1991.
*[http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/prayerbook/main.htm The Old (Fr. Lazarus Moore translation) Jordanville Prayer Book, Online]

==Books Authored==
*''St [[Seraphim of Sarov]] - a spiritual biography'', New Sarov Press, 1994.

==External links==
*[http://www.abbamoses.com/months/november.html A short life of Archim. Lazarus], November 27.
*A short description of [http://www.australianorthodox.org/about_us.html the activities of Fr Lazarus in Australia].
*[http://www.stmina-monastery.org/FrMatta/FrMatta&FrLazarus.png On Fr Lazarus Moore and Fr Matta El-Meskeen]

[[Category:Monastics]]