A must read for anyone who has a devotion to St Seraphim of Sarov.

I love the teachings of St Seraphim and this book presented the In an easily understood way with excellent translation to English.

I m still enough of an evangelical that hagiography strikes me as foreign I don t know what to make of it, this idea that holiness can come out from the introspective realm of spiritual instruction to impinge on historical figures and alleged historical events Which is perhaps why this first volume of the Little Russian Philokalia, the writings of St Seraphim, seemed progressively stranger as I read through it.St Seraphim lived from the middle of the eighteenth century to the early nineteenth, d [...]

A brief life of St Seraphim of Sarov Mostly well written with some excerpts of Sarov s writings at the end There is the famous scene where he is surrounded by light with one of his acolytes and keeps urging him to acquire the Holy Spirit Also worth noting are they Diveyvo prophecies, so called I have no comment.Analysis and Conclusion Contrary to World Orthodoxy, Seraphim Rose has accurately and correctly read the Russian fathers Those who disagree with him bear the burden of proof I am troubled [...]

focus on pre Bolshevik saint in Russia who experienced prophecy and spiritual ecstasy St Seraphim also demonstrates and explains how others can acquire the Holy Spirit , which is the aim of the Christian life.

I ve only read snippets from this work and am planning finishing it this year.

Something to revisit over and over again A true wellspring of wisdom.

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Simple, straight forward, spiritual wisdom from St Seraphim of Sarov, one of the most beloved saints of 19th Century.