From Holy Hieromartyr Seraphim of St. Petersburg
St. Seraphim (Chichagov) was the Metropolitan of the Diocese of Leningrad and Gdov in the Church of Russia between 1928 and 1933. Influenced by Fr. John of Kronstadt, he became a monk after serving in the Russian army. He was executed by the Bolsheviks during the purges in 1937. He is commemorated on December 11.
FROM Metropolitan
ANTHONY Bloom (1914-2003)
Anthony Bloom was the Metropolitan of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Diocese of Sourozh in Great Britain and Ireland. He was tonsured a monastic in 1943, appointed vicar of the Russian parish in London in 1950, consecrated as Bishop in 1957 and Archbishop in 1962, where he began the Diocese of Sourozh. In 1963 he was appointed Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe, and in 1966 was raised to the rank of Metropolitan.
Prayer and the Departed Saints
By David C. Ford, Ph.D
“Daddy, what happens when someone dies?”
Not an easy question to answer–especially when it has been brought on by the loss of a family member or close friend. To many, there is no answer. Death is the great unknown, the destroyer, the invincible foe whose untimely appearance, for many, signals only the cessation of life. The Bible teaches that the answer to the mystery of death is found in the life of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and One of the Holy Trinity.
Topics covered: The State Of The Soul After Death; The Intercession Of The Saints; The Communion Of Saints