L. Moore's biography of St Seraphim of Sarov

[Rob Matlak]

All,

I wanted to recommend Archimandrite Lazarus Moore's biography of St. Seraphim of Sarov to a friend. And yet, I cannot find it on the Conciliar Press website, nor anywhere else on the web (save a few weak links at Amazon). Also, New Sarov Press (the original publisher?) seems to have no website.

I discovered several other biographies of St. Seraphim. But why is Moore's no longer available? Was it considered suspect or marginal? Or did it just fall out of print in the usual fashion? Also (and I suppose this is my real question), which biography of this great saint is the *best*?

Thanks for your help on this matter,

Rob

[Klod]

Try this link. I hope you will find the book.


http://www.monasteryproducts.org/product_info.php?products_id=1326&osCsid=d8f73909a142394675aa4f5cd0b5a04a

[Fr. Stephen Lourie]

Both of these books are available at
www.light-n-life.com (http://www.light-n-life.com)

Fr. Stephen Lourie

[Father David Moser]

I think that Fr Lazarus' life of St Seraphim is one of the best. It is a very engaging and enjoyable read and is well written. It is in no way "marginal" and among the various lives of this saint is my favorite.

The publisher, New Sarov Press, was an arm of the "Christ of the Hills" monastery in Blanco, TX but they only had a brief window of legitimacy under ROCOR (they had before been independent and after a few years in ROCOR left and went into schism rather than accept the Synodal oversight - shortly thereafter the abbot of the monastery and one of the hieromonks was charged and convicted of sexual abuse of children, but that really has no bearing on the book). I do not know if this moanstery still exists and therefore whether there is any ability to reprint the book (a grave loss if that is the case). I might have seen it in stock at the Holy Virgin Cathedral Bookstore in San Francisco. Did you try "Light and Life" as they seem to be one of the best sources for finding things from various publishers.

Fr David

[Christopher Boyd]

One thing that puzzled me about the Fr. Lazarus book is the picture of him on the back. He's wearing what looks like a plain white baptismal robe. I've never seen clergy or monastics wear anything like that. What is it?

[Fr Raphael Vereshack]

St. Seraphim often wore a white robe (I can't remember if it was literally a baptismal robe or not) as a sign of the eternal resurrection in Christ that the Christian lives in. His most well known greeting at any time of the year was, "Christ is risen!".

In Christ- Fr Raphael

A blessed Thanksgiving to our American brothers & sisters in Christ

[Fr Seraphim (Black)]

This is a photo of him whlie living in India, there are others taken of him with the same monastic clothing. It is a very HOT country. I lived there two years and being of Scottish ancestary I can attest to the heat.

Further north, in Romania, Schemamonk Raphael (Noica) also wears a white habit. On Mount Athos, monastics are often dressed in grey, due to the heat. It is true black (as a symbol of repentance) is normal and thus is the most common attire. But imagine dressed all in black in India!

Further, to this thread, his life of St. Seraphim, is in my humble opinion, far and away the very best yet wrtiten.

[Fr Raphael Vereshack]

Woops! I just noticed in my post above I was talking about St Seraphim wearing the white robe when the actual question was about Fr Lazarus Moore.

Starost ne radost!
In Christ- Fr Raphael

[Olga]

It is also common for priests and monastics to wear a pale robe instead of their customary black or dark grey during the period between Easter and Pentecost. It would also make perfect sense for a monk or priest to wear a light colour in tropical or arid climates.

[Rob Matlak]

All,

Many thanks for your helpful orientation.

Christ's peace,

Rob