Seraphim (Voepel)

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

In 1998 he was elected deputy rector of the Holy Cross Monastery.

In 2003: (At this time, Fr Seraphim was already a hieromonk and the superior at the Hermitage.

Oct 14 2008 hieromonk Seraphim elevated to Hegumen.

In 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.

In 2011 Fr Seraphim diagnosed with kidney cancer. In 2012: Fr Seraphim diagnosed with squamous cell cancer in his right tonsil. Subsided in 2012, reappeared in Oct 2013. In 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.

In 2015: With Bp George's transfer to the Australian and New Zealand Diocese, Fr Seraphim to become abbot.

References

• Celebration at the Hermitage of the Holy Cross, October 9, 2004
• “Church Life Isn’t Black and White” - an interview of Bp George (Schaefer)
• "The Orthodox spiritual life is about a relationship with the God-man Jesus Christ, the Creator of all things." An interview with Abbot Seraphim (Voepel), September 14, 2010

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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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