Seraphim Rose
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Seraphim Rose, also known as Seraphim of Platina, was an American priest and hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia who co-founded the Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, Cal
Rose in monastic dress
Portrait painting of Rose by Andrei Mironov
Rose's cell at the Saint Herman of Alaska monastery
Grave of Rose at the Saint Herman of Alaska monastery (2015)
John of Shanghai and San Francisco was a prelate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Seraphim Rose
…was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) in San Francisco. He quickly distinguished himself to the bishop of San Francisco, John Maximovitch, as a serious and studious convert. In 1963, Archbishop John blessed Rose and his new friend, Gleb Podmoshensky, a Russian Orthodox seminarian, to form…
Archbishop John with Russian refugees on Tubabao Island
Holy Virgin Cathedral in San Francisco
Icon of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco