St seraphim of sarov biography sample

          Widely beloved mystic, healer, comforter, and spiritual guide: an account of his life, character and message, together with a very edifying conversation with.

          "You may judge how great the power of prayer is even in a sinful person, when it is offered whole-heartedly, by the following example from Holy Tradition..

          St. Seraphim of Sarov

          St. Seraphim (born Prohor Moshnin) was born in 1759 to a merchant family in Kursk.

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        2. Saint Seraphim of Sarov was born in , in city of Kursk.
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        5. This document provides a biography of St. Seraphim of Sarov, a Russian Orthodox saint.

          6. At the age of 10, he became seriously ill. During the course of his illness, he saw the Mother of God in his sleep, who promised to heal him. Several days later there was a religious procession in Kursk with the locally revered miracle-working icon of the Mother of God.

          Due to bad weather, the procession took an abbreviated route past the house of the Moshnin family. After his mother put Seraphim up to the miracle-working image, he recovered rapidly. While at a young age, he needed to help his parents with their shop, but business had little appeal for him.

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          Young Seraphim loved to read the lives of the saints, to attend church and to withdraw into seclusion for prayer.

          At the age of 18, Seraphim firmly decided to become a monk. His mother blessed him with a large copper crucifix, which he wore over his clothing all his life.

          After this, he entered the Sarov monast