This year's pilgrimage at St Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, California, which marked the 40th anniversary of the repose of Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) of blessed memory, saw a decisive movement towards the beginning of his formal glorification.
The below excerpt from an OrthoChristian.com* report on the pilgrimage relates the highlights of this significant development:
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Met. Nikoloz of the Georgian Church with an icon of Fr. Seraphim gifted to him by the St. Herman's Brotherhood. Photo: Fr. Seraphim Rose - A Tribute (Telegram) |
Present at the pilgrimage was His Eminence Metropolitan Nikoloz of Akhalkalaki and Kumurdo, who traveled to America from Georgia with a special mission—to inspire the formal glorification among the saints of Fr. Seraphim, who is widely loved and venerated in the Georgian Church, as he is in many Orthodox countries...
Additionally, a document composed by a priest of the ROCOR Western American Diocese calling for the creation of a commission to formally begin the process of canonizing Fr. Seraphim was read out...
After the pilgrimage, Met. Nikoloz instructed his driver to take him 3.5 hours out of the way to Jackson, California, so he could briefly meet with His Grace Bishop Maxim of Los Angeles (Serbian Orthodox Church) to discuss his proposal to canonize Fr. Seraphim. St. Herman’s Monastery has been under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Church since 2000.
Read the full article, with photos and additional links, below:
https://orthochristian.com/148059.html
* OrthoChristian.com is an English language Orthodox news and culture website of Sretensky Monastery in Russia, under the editorial guidance of Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov).