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'''Hieromonk Seraphim''' (secular name '''Eugene Dennis Rose'''; [[August 13]], 1934 - [[September 2]], 1982) was a [[hieromonk]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] in the United States, whose writings have helped spread Orthodox Christianity throughout modern America and the West and are also quite popular in Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece. Although not formally yet [[Glorification|glorified]] (canonized), he is celebrated by some Orthodox Christians as a [[saint]] in [[icon|iconography]], [[liturgy]], and [[prayer]].
== Early life ==
==Orthodoxy==
While studying under Alan Watts at the American Academy of Asian Studies after graduating from Pomona College in 1956, Eugene discovered the writings of René Guenon. Through Guenon's writings, Eugene was inspired to seek out an authentic, grounded spiritual faith tradition. In the summer of 1955, between his junior and senior years at college, Eugene met Finnish-born Jon Gregerson, through whom he came into initial contact with the Orthodox faith. Eugene came out as [[homosexuality|homosexual]] to a close friend from college after his mother discovered letters penned between her son and Walter Pomeroy, a friend from high school. Gregerson, a practicing Russian Orthodox Christian at the time, introduced Eugene to Orthodoxy. Just as Gregerson was choosing to abandon his Orthodoxy, Eugene was inspired to learn more about the faith. Eugene later shed his identity as a gay man as he slowly accepted Orthodoxy, eventually ending his lengthy relationship with Gregerson.[https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20150518081135/http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMSP01/saint.shtml] This culminated in Eugene's decision to enter the Church, being received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia through [[chrismation]] in 1962.
Eugene and another Orthodox Christian, [[Herman (Podmoshensky)|Gleb Podmoshensky]], later formed a community of Orthodox [[booksellers]] and [[Magazines and Publications|publishers]] called the [[St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood|St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood]], with the blessing of St. [[John Maximovitch]], Archbishop of San Francisco in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. The community eventually decided to flee urban modernity into the wilderness of northern California to become [[monasticism|monks]] in 1966. At his [[tonsure]] in 1970, Eugene took the name "Seraphim" after St. Seraphim of Sarov.
==Audio Recordings==
===from 1982===
* [httphttps://www.youtube.com/user/preciouspearlfan#grid/user/F5D46F33D82EE909 watch?v=jnQgN1mjqi0 Living the Orthodox Worldview]
==Books==
===As author===
*''God's Revelation to the Human Heart''. Platina: Saint Herman Press, 1988. (ISBN 0938635034)
*''[https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20130902171803/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/nihilism.html Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age]''. Platina: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1994. (ISBN 1887904069) (as Eugene Rose)
:*Second Edition: Hieromonk Damascene (Christensen) (ed.), 2001.
*''Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future''. Platina: Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1975. (ISBN 188790400X)
* ''The Northern Thebaid: Monastic Saints of the Russian North'', compiled and translated by Fr. Seraphim Rose and Abbot Herman Podmoshensky. Platina: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1995. (ISBN 0938635379)
* ''Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos, Vol. 2'', by Abbot Cherubim, translated by Nun Thaisia Simonsson. Platina: Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1992 (2nd Rev edition). (ISBN 0938635573)
* ''Orthodox Dogmatic Theology'', by Protopresbyter Mikhail Pomazansky, translated, annotated and edited by Fr. Seraphim Rose. Platina: Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2009 (3rd Edition). (ISBN 0938635697)
===Biographies===
*Christensen, Hieromonk Damascene. ''Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works''. Platina: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2003. (ISBN 1887904077) (greatly revised edition of ''Not of This World'')
*Christensen, Monk Damascene. ''Not of This World: The Life and Teaching of Fr. Seraphim Rose''. Platina: St. Herman Press, 1993. (ISBN 0938635522)
*[http://www.cathyscott.com/rose.htm Scott, Cathy]. ''Seraphim Rose: The True Story and Private Letters.'' Regina Orthodox Press, 2000. (ISBN 1928653014). ''N.B.: The author is Fr. Seraphim Rose's niece.''
==External links==
*[https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20090301060724/http://www.fatherseraphimrose.org/ Father Seraphim Rose Foundation]*[https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20150518081135/http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMSP01/saint.shtml Biographical "Lives of a Saint", 2001 biographical article from by Michael Balchunas, Pomona College Magazine]
*[http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/OldWorldBasic/FrSeraphim.html Father Seraphim Rose: Biography and Online Bookshop]
*[http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/Orthodox_Elders/Various/Fr._Seraphim_Rose/ Photos of Fr. Seraphim Rose]
*[httphttps://audiowww.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/postcards/pfg_2009-06-10fr.mp3 _seraphim_rose_in_greece Fr. Seraphim Rose in Greece (Postcards From Greece Podcast, by Fr. Peter Heers)]*[https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20121002022015/http://deathtotheworld.com/seraphimrose/index.html Death to the World : Father Seraphim Rose of Platina]
*[http://shestodnev.ortox.ru/prepodobnyjj_serafim_platinskijj_%28rouz%29/view/id/1109795 "Saint Seraphim of Platina (Rose). Preparing materials for Fr. Seraphim Rose's glorification in Russian Orthodox Church" (in Russian)]
===Criticism & debate===
* [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/tollhouse_debate.aspx The Debate Over Aerial Toll-Houses], Extract from the Minutes of the Session of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (1980)
* [https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20051026030309/http://www.new-ostrog.org:80/toll_main.html Regarding the Toll Houses], Various articles by Archbishop Lazar, Fr. [[Michael Pomazansky]], and others.
* [http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/tollhouse_pomaz.aspx On the Question of the "Toll-Houses": Our War is not Against Flesh and Blood], by Fr. Michael Pomazansky
* [https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20091204012018/http://www.new-ostrog.org:80/return_tollhouses.html The Return of the Tollhouses], by Fr. Michael Azkoul* [https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20080225114042/http://home.it.net.au:80/%7Ejgrapsas/pages/afterdeath.htm Life after death… death: Mysteries beyond the grave], by Fr. [[Thomas Hopko]]
===Writings===
*[http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/charismatic_revival_s_rose_e.htm Charismatic Revival as a Sign of the Times]
*[https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20130902171803/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/nihilism.html Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age ]
*[http://www.stxenia.org/files/history/ortham.html Orthodoxy in America: Its Historical Past and Present]
*[http://www.deathtotheworld.com Death to the World - A Compendium of Fr. Seraphim Rose's writings on-line.]
*[http://www.desertwisdom.org/dttw Desertwisdom.org - On-line collection of writings by and inspired by Fr. Seraphim Rose.]
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