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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]].
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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 [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Eastern American Diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]].
  
 
==Biographical sketch==
 
==Biographical sketch==

Revision as of 09:54, March 5, 2015

Igumen Seraphim (Voepel) is the Deputy Abbot of the Hermitage of the Holy Cross, an English-speaking male monastery in the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.

Biographical sketch

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  • 2003: (At this time, Fr Seraphim was already a hieromonk and the superior at the Hermitage.
  • 2008 Oct 14: Hmk Seraphim elevated to Hegumen.
  • 2009: Hermitage of the Holy Cross became an independent monastery. Bp George (who was already both the spiritual father of the monastery and in residence at the monastery) was made abbot; Hegumen Seraphim was 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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Seraphim (Voepel)
Preceded by:
unknown
Superior of the Hermitage of the Holy Cross
A dependency of Holy Trinity Monastery

????-2009
Succeeded by:
Bp George
as Abbot of an independent monastery
Preceded by:
Seraphim (Voepel)
as Superior of a dependency of Holy Trinity Monastery
Abbot of the Hermitage of the Holy Cross
Succeeded by:
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