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[[Igumen]] '''Seraphim (Voepel)''' is the Deputy Abbot of the [[Hermitage of the Holy Cross (Wayne, West Virginia)|Hermitage of the Holy Cross]], an English-speaking male monastery in the [[Eastern American Diocese (ROCOR)|Eastern American Diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].
==Biographical sketch==
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2004: Hieromonk and superior at the hermitage.
2009: Hermitage of the Holy Cross became an independent monastery. Bp George made abbot; Fr Seraphim made deputy abbot.
2011: Fr Seraphim diagnosed with kidney cancer
2012: Fr Seraphim diagnosed with squamous cell cancer in his right tonsil. Subsided in 2012, reappeared in Oct 2013.
2014: With the financial aid of the [[Fund For Assistance]], Fr Seraphim underwent multiple aggressive rounds of chemotherapy. He returned to serving at Pascha 2014.
2015: With Bp George's transfer to the Australian and New Zealand Diocese, Fr Seraphim to become abbot.
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{{succession|
before=''unknown''|
title=Superior of the [[Hermitage of the Holy Cross (Wayne, West Virginia)|Hermitage of the Holy Cross]]<br>''A dependency of Holy Trinity Monastery''|
years=????-2009|
after=Bp [[George (Schaefer) of Mayfield|George]]<br>'''''as Abbot of an independent monastery''}}
{{succession|
before=[[Seraphim (Voepel)]]<br>'''''as Superior of a dependency of Holy Trinity Monastery''|
title=Abbot of the [[Hermitage of the Holy Cross (Wayne, West Virginia)|Hermitage of the Holy Cross]]|
years=— <!-- 2015-present -->|
after=—}}
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==Biographical sketch==
{{stub}}
2004: Hieromonk and superior at the hermitage.
2009: Hermitage of the Holy Cross became an independent monastery. Bp George made abbot; Fr Seraphim made deputy abbot.
2011: Fr Seraphim diagnosed with kidney cancer
2012: Fr Seraphim diagnosed with squamous cell cancer in his right tonsil. Subsided in 2012, reappeared in Oct 2013.
2014: With the financial aid of the [[Fund For Assistance]], Fr Seraphim underwent multiple aggressive rounds of chemotherapy. He returned to serving at Pascha 2014.
2015: With Bp George's transfer to the Australian and New Zealand Diocese, Fr Seraphim to become abbot.
{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=''unknown''|
title=Superior of the [[Hermitage of the Holy Cross (Wayne, West Virginia)|Hermitage of the Holy Cross]]<br>''A dependency of Holy Trinity Monastery''|
years=????-2009|
after=Bp [[George (Schaefer) of Mayfield|George]]<br>'''''as Abbot of an independent monastery''}}
{{succession|
before=[[Seraphim (Voepel)]]<br>'''''as Superior of a dependency of Holy Trinity Monastery''|
title=Abbot of the [[Hermitage of the Holy Cross (Wayne, West Virginia)|Hermitage of the Holy Cross]]|
years=— <!-- 2015-present -->|
after=—}}
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