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div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><p><b>Seraphim Rose</b> (born <b>Eugene Dennis Rose</b>; August 13, 1934 – September 2, 1982), also known as <b>Seraphim of Platina</b>, was an American priest and <a href="/wiki/Hieromonk" title="Hieromonk">hieromonk</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia">Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia</a> who co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery" title="Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery">Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Platina,_California" title="Platina, California">Platina, California</a>. He translated <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox Christian">Eastern Orthodox Christian</a> texts and authored several works. His writings have been credited with helping to spread <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox Christianity">Eastern Orthodox Christianity</a> throughout the West; his popularity equally extended to <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> itself, where his works were secretly reproduced and distributed by <i><a href="/wiki/Samizdat" title="Samizdat">samizdat</a></i> during the <a href="/wiki/Communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist">Communist</a> era, remaining popular today. </p><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above n" style="font-size:125%;background-color:gold;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">Seraphim Rose</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg/220px-Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg/330px-Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg/440px-Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5413" data-file-height="6496"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:gold;">Hieromonk</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">August 13, 1934<br><a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 2, 1982<span style="display:none">(1982-09-02)</span> (aged 48)<br><a href="/wiki/Platina,_California" title="Platina, California">Platina, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Major <a href="/wiki/Shrine" title="Shrine">shrine</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery" title="Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery">Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Platina,_California" title="Platina, California">Platina, California</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Rose's opposition to Eastern Orthodox participation in the <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecumenical movement">ecumenical movement</a> and his advocacy of the contentious "<a href="/wiki/Aerial_toll_house" title="Aerial toll house">toll house teaching</a>", led him into conflict with some notable figures in 20th-century Orthodoxy and he remains controversial in some quarters even after his sudden death from an undiagnosed intestinal disorder in 1982. Though he has not been formally <a href="/wiki/Canonized" class="mw-redirect" title="Canonized">canonized</a> by any <a href="/wiki/Synod" title="Synod">synod</a>, many Eastern Orthodox Christians hold him in high esteem, venerating him in <a href="/wiki/Icon" title="Icon">iconography</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">liturgy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prayer" title="Prayer">prayer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rose's monastery is currently affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbian Orthodox Church</a> and continues to carry on his work of publishing and Eastern Orthodox missionary activity. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Spiritual_search"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Spiritual search</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Orthodoxy"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Orthodoxy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Works"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Works</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Controversies"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Controversies</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Toll_houses"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Toll houses</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Evolution_vs._creationism"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Evolution vs. creationism</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Death"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Death</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Legacy"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Legacy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#St._Herman's_Monastery_today"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">St. Herman's Monastery today</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Bibliography"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Bibliography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Biographical_resources"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Biographical resources</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Eugene Rose was born on August 13, 1934, in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Frank Rose, was a <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> veteran who operated the city's first "Karmel Korn Shop" together with his wife <a href="/wiki/Esther_Rose" title="Esther Rose">Esther Rose</a>, Eugene's mother. His ancestors had come to the United States from France, Norway and the Netherlands.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to being a businesswoman, Esther was a California artist who specialized in <a href="/wiki/Impressionist" class="mw-redirect" title="Impressionist">impressionist</a> renderings of Pacific coast scenes. Raised in San Diego, Eugene would remain a Californian the rest of his life. His older sister was <a href="/wiki/Eileen_Rose_Busby" title="Eileen Rose Busby">Eileen Rose Busby</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an author, <a href="/wiki/Mensa_International" title="Mensa International">Mensa</a> member, and <a href="/wiki/Antiques" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiques">antiques</a> expert; his older brother was Frank Rose, a local businessman. </p><p>Though Rose was described by one biographer as a "natural athlete" in his youth, he did not engage seriously in sport. Baptized in a <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> church when he was 14 years old, Rose later rejected Christianity for <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheism</a>. After graduating from <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_High_School" title="San Diego High School">San Diego High School</a>, he attended <a href="/wiki/Pomona_College" title="Pomona College">Pomona College</a>, where he studied <a href="/wiki/Chinese_philosophy" title="Chinese philosophy">Chinese philosophy</a> and graduated <i><a href="/wiki/Magna_cum_laude" class="mw-redirect" title="Magna cum laude">magna cum laude</a></i> in 1956. While at Pomona, he was a reader for <a href="/wiki/Ved_Mehta" title="Ved Mehta">Ved Mehta</a>, a blind student who would go on to become a well-known author. Mehta referred to Rose in two books, one of which was a book of memoirs called <i>Stolen Light</i>: "I felt very lucky to have found Gene as a reader. ... He read with such clarity that I almost had the illusion that he was explaining things."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterward, Rose studied under <a href="/wiki/Alan_Watts" title="Alan Watts">Alan Watts</a> at the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Asian_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="American Academy of Asian Studies">American Academy of Asian Studies</a> before entering the master's degree program in Oriental languages at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>, where he graduated in 1961 with a thesis entitled "'Emptiness' and 'Fullness' in the Lao Tzu".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In addition to a gift for languages, Rose was known for possessing an acute sense of humor and wit.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He enjoyed opera, concerts, art, literature, and the other cultural opportunities richly available in San Francisco, where he settled after his graduation and explored <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> and other Asian philosophies.<sup id="cite_ref-PCM_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCM-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Spiritual_search">Spiritual search</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Spiritual search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>While studying at Watts' Asian institute, Rose read the writings of French metaphysicist <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Gu%C3%A9non" title="René Guénon">René Guénon</a> and also met a <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a> <a href="/wiki/Taoist" class="mw-redirect" title="Taoist">Taoist</a> scholar, Gi-ming Shien. Shien emphasized the ancient Chinese approach to learning, valuing traditional viewpoints and texts over more modern interpretations. Inspired by Shien, Rose took up the study of <a href="/wiki/Old_Chinese" title="Old Chinese">ancient Chinese</a> so that he could read early <a href="/wiki/Taoist" class="mw-redirect" title="Taoist">Taoist</a> texts in their original tongue. Through his experiences with Shien and the writings of Guénon, Rose sought out an authentic and grounded spiritual tradition of his own.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>At age 22 in 1956 and while he was still at Pomona College, Rose <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">came out</a> as <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">gay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Arizona_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arizona-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-By_Sarah_Riccardi-Swartz_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-By_Sarah_Riccardi-Swartz-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a romantic relationship with Jon Gregerson, Rose was exposed to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_of_Russia" title="Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia">Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia</a>. While the relationship lasted a significant period, Gregerson lost interest in Orthodoxy despite Rose's growing interest. Rose ultimately terminated the relationship and later commented on the period prior to his conversion, saying "I was in hell. I know what hell is."<sup id="cite_ref-PCM_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCM-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Arizona_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arizona-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rose is reported to have not externally expressed his sexuality following his conversion.<sup id="cite_ref-By_Sarah_Riccardi-Swartz_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-By_Sarah_Riccardi-Swartz-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rose's sexuality was a topic of controversy among some Eastern Orthodox faithful after it was publicized in <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Scott" title="Cathy Scott">Cathy Scott</a>'s 2000 biography <i>Seraphim Rose</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-PCM_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PCM-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Orthodoxy">Orthodoxy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Orthodoxy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>In 1962, Rose was received into the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>. He quickly distinguished himself to the bishop of San Francisco, <a href="/wiki/John_of_Shanghai_and_San_Francisco" title="John of Shanghai and San Francisco">John Maximovitch</a>, as a serious and studious convert. In 1963, Archbishop John blessed Rose and his new friend, Gleb Podmoshensky, a Russian Orthodox seminarian, to form a community of Orthodox booksellers and publishers, the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood. In March 1964, Rose opened an Orthodox bookstore next to the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Virgin_Cathedral" title="Holy Virgin Cathedral">Holy Virgin Cathedral</a> on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, which was under construction at the time. In 1965, the brotherhood founded the St. Herman Press publishing house, which still exists.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Cell_Seraphim_Rose.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Cell_Seraphim_Rose.jpg/220px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Cell_Seraphim_Rose.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2856" data-file-height="4288"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 330px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Cell_Seraphim_Rose.jpg/220px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Cell_Seraphim_Rose.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="330" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Cell_Seraphim_Rose.jpg/330px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Cell_Seraphim_Rose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Cell_Seraphim_Rose.jpg/440px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Cell_Seraphim_Rose.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Rose's cell at the Saint Herman of Alaska monastery</figcaption></figure> <p>Increasingly drawn to a more reclusive lifestyle, Rose's community ultimately decided to leave the city for the northern California wilderness, where Rose and Podmoshensky became monks in 1968 and transformed the Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood into a fully-fledged monastic community. Rose's parents provided the down payment for a mountaintop near the isolated hamlet of <a href="/wiki/Platina,_California" title="Platina, California">Platina</a>, where Rose and some friends built a monastery named for <a href="/wiki/Herman_of_Alaska" title="Herman of Alaska">Herman of Alaska</a>. At his <a href="/wiki/Tonsure" title="Tonsure">tonsure</a>, in October 1970, Rose took the name "Seraphim" after <a href="/wiki/Seraphim_of_Sarov" title="Seraphim of Sarov">Seraphim of Sarov</a>. He wrote, translated and studied for the <a href="/wiki/Priesthood" class="mw-redirect" title="Priesthood">priesthood</a> in his cell, a one-roomed cabin with neither running water nor <a href="/wiki/Electricity" title="Electricity">electricity</a>, where he would spend the rest of his days. He was ordained in 1977 by Bishop Nektary of <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, spiritual son of Nectarius of <a href="/wiki/Optina_Monastery" title="Optina Monastery">Optina</a>, the last of the great Optina <i><a href="/wiki/Starets" title="Starets">startsy</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his ministry, Rose spoke frequently of an "Orthodoxy of the Heart", which he saw as increasingly absent in American ecclesiastical life. He also spoke of the need for warmth and kindness of the spirit, especially when dealing with those with whom one disagreed, an increasing problem in <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_North_America" title="Eastern Orthodoxy in North America">Eastern Orthodoxy</a> in America, and its conflict between so-called "traditionalists" and "modernists". One can be firm, Rose insisted, without having to compromise basic <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> teachings on <a href="/wiki/Chesed" title="Chesed">lovingkindness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patience" title="Patience">longsuffering</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mercy" title="Mercy">mercy</a> toward others.<sup id="cite_ref-orthodoxinfo1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orthodoxinfo1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Works" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>Using a hand-cranked printing press at his Geary Boulevard bookstore, Rose founded the bimonthly magazine <i>The Orthodox Word</i> in January 1965; this periodical is still published (on modern presses) today. He also composed and published dozens of other titles, including <i>God's Revelation to the Human Heart</i>, <i>Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future</i>, and <i>The Soul After Death</i>; all remain in print. He translated and printed Michael Pomazansky's <i>Orthodox Dogmatic Theology</i>, which remains a text for clerical students and laymen alike. Rose translated his books into <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>, and they were circulated widely as <a href="/wiki/Samizdat" title="Samizdat">samizdat</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, although they were not formally published until after the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist">Communist</a> regime. </p><p>He was also one of the first American Eastern Orthodox Christians to translate major works of several <a href="/wiki/Church_fathers" class="mw-redirect" title="Church fathers">church fathers</a> into English.<sup id="cite_ref-pomona1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pomona1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, he produced the first English translation of selected letters of <a href="/wiki/Barsanuphius_of_Gaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Barsanuphius of Gaza">Barsanuphius of Gaza</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_the_Prophet" title="John the Prophet">John the Prophet</a> which were to be read out aloud at meals to his young monastic disciples and where later published by the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversies" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toll_houses">Toll houses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Toll houses" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Although most of Rose's works were widely received within the Orthodox community, a few raised controversy. The most notable of these was <i>The Soul After Death</i>, which describes certain "<a href="/wiki/Aerial_toll_house" title="Aerial toll house">aerial toll houses</a>" described by various <a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Church Fathers</a> and saints. According to this teaching, every human <a href="/wiki/Soul" title="Soul">soul</a> must pass a series of these stations after death as part of their initial <a href="/wiki/Judgment" class="mw-redirect" title="Judgment">judgment</a> by <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>, where they will be accused of specific sins and possibly condemned to hell. </p><p>Though vehemently opposing Rose's teaching on this subject, Puhalo indicated that he considered Rose to be a "true ascetic", and that he respected the sincerity of Seraphim's monastic life and intentions.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In one of his <a href="/wiki/Vlog" title="Vlog">vlogs</a>, Archbishop Lazar said of Rose: "Father Seraphim Rose was an astonishing ascetic. He had a great ascetic life. He had enormous struggles, enormous inner struggles, and he struggled with them in really great asceticism. So I don't want anybody to denigrate or think anyone is denigrating Father Seraphim Rose's ascetic struggle. It really was a great ascetic struggle, and there should be a reverence and a respect for that. … Again, I want people to have a reverence for Father Seraphim Rose’s ascetic struggle, and to acknowledge that, and see that there was a special spark there, in that he had enormous internal struggles, and that he saw those through to the end of his life. And that is a great virtue and a great reason to have a certain reverence for Father Seraphim."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evolution_vs._creationism">Evolution vs. creationism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Evolution vs. creationism" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Rose also waded into the ongoing debate between Biblical <a href="/wiki/Creationism" title="Creationism">creationism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolution</a>, asserting in <i>Genesis, Creation and Early Man</i> that Orthodox <a href="/wiki/Patristic" class="mw-redirect" title="Patristic">patristics</a> exclusively supported the creationist viewpoint. This idea was criticized by other Eastern Orthodox theologians, who asserted that while mankind's existence is not accidental by any means, there is no official church doctrine as to the precise process God used in creation, nor the length of time that it might have required.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2011 edition of Rose's <i>Genesis, Creation and Early Man</i>, his spiritual child and editor, Hieromonk Damascene, alleges to have demonstrated that Rose's teaching is in accord with the great saints and elders of the 19th and 20th centuries who have spoken on the issue, such as <a href="/wiki/Theophan_the_Recluse" title="Theophan the Recluse">Theophan the Recluse</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_of_Kronstadt" title="John of Kronstadt">John of Kronstadt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Popovich" class="mw-redirect" title="Justin Popovich">Justin Popovich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paisios_of_Mount_Athos" title="Paisios of Mount Athos">Paisios</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sophrony_(Sakharov)" title="Sophrony (Sakharov)">Sophrony</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Grave_Seraphim_Rose.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Grave_Seraphim_Rose.jpg/220px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Grave_Seraphim_Rose.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3754" data-file-height="2500"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Grave_Seraphim_Rose.jpg/220px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Grave_Seraphim_Rose.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Grave_Seraphim_Rose.jpg/330px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Grave_Seraphim_Rose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Grave_Seraphim_Rose.jpg/440px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery_Grave_Seraphim_Rose.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Grave of Rose at the Saint Herman of Alaska monastery</figcaption></figure> <p>After feeling acute pains for several days while working in his cell in August 1982, a reluctant Rose was taken by fellow monks to Mercy Medical Center in <a href="/wiki/Redding,_California" title="Redding, California">Redding</a> for treatment. When he arrived at the <a href="/wiki/Hospital" title="Hospital">hospital</a>, he was declared to be in <a href="/wiki/Critical_condition" class="mw-redirect" title="Critical condition">critical condition</a> and fell into semi-consciousness. After exploratory surgery was completed, it was discovered that a <a href="/wiki/Blood_clot" class="mw-redirect" title="Blood clot">blood clot</a> had blocked an artery supplying blood to his <a href="/wiki/Intestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Intestine">intestines</a>, which had become a mass of dead tissue. He slipped into a <a href="/wiki/Coma" title="Coma">coma</a> after a second surgery, never regaining consciousness. Hundreds of people visited the hospital and celebrated the <a href="/wiki/Divine_Liturgy" title="Divine Liturgy">Divine Liturgy</a> regularly in its chapel, praying for a miracle to save Rose's life. Prayers were offered for the ailing hieromonk from places as far away as <a href="/wiki/Mount_Athos" title="Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, the spiritual heart of Orthodox monasticism. Rose died on September 2, 1982.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Legacy" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <p>Some Orthodox Christians anticipate Rose's canonization.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 40th anniversary of Rose's death, <a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%96%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%A4%E1%83%90%E1%83%A9%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98)" class="extiw" title="ka:ნიკოლოზი (ფაჩუაშვილი)">Metropolitan Nikoloz of Akhalkalaki</a>, from the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Church of Georgia">Orthodox Church of Georgia</a>, called for the canonization of Seraphim Rose.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before returning to Georgia, Metropolitan Nikoloz brought the question of canonization to <a href="/wiki/Maksim_Vasiljevi%C4%87" title="Maksim Vasiljević">Bishop Maxim</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbian Orthodox Church</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Eparchy_of_Western_America" title="Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America">Eparchy of Western America</a>. A few days later, on September 6, 2022, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Neophytos_of_Morphou" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou">Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Church_of_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Church of Cyprus">Orthodox Church of Cyprus</a> gave a sermon calling Rose a saint.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several reputed miraculous events, healings and apparitions of Rose have been reported around the world, commencing soon after his death.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In one such instance, a nun named Zvezdana at <a href="/wiki/Prohor_P%C4%8Dinjski_Monastery" title="Prohor Pčinjski Monastery">Prohor Pčinjski Monastery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a> informed her abbess that she had repeatedly felt the presence of Rose, and that he appeared to her on one occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She continued to pray, telling Rose that it was beautiful in his monastery. He replied, saying "It's beautiful here <a href="/wiki/Prohor_P%C4%8Dinjski_Monastery" title="Prohor Pčinjski Monastery">Prohor Pčinjski Monastery</a> also—beautified by the relics of <a href="/wiki/Prohor_of_P%C4%8Dinja" title="Prohor of Pčinja">Fr. Prohor</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="St._Herman's_Monastery_today"><span id="St._Herman.27s_Monastery_today"></span>St. Herman's Monastery today</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: St. Herman's Monastery today" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery.jpg/220px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4199" data-file-height="2797"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery.jpg/220px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery.jpg/330px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery.jpg/440px-Saint_Herman_of_Alaska_Monastery.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery, 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>The St. Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina is now a part of the Western America diocese of the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbian Orthodox Church</a>. While all of the brothers are currently American, many speak <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>. Their primary emphasis continues to be the printing of books, which has been the major activity of the brotherhood since its inception. In addition, the monastery has assisted with the guardianship and education of local youths with behavioral or learning problems, which has earned Rose's brotherhood significant respect among the locals. Visitors come to the monastery year-round but especially on September 2, the anniversary of Rose's death. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bibliography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg/220px-Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="264" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5413" data-file-height="6496"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 264px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg/220px-Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="264" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg/330px-Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg/440px-Seraphim_Rose._Mironov.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Portrait painting of Rose by <a href="/wiki/Andrei_Mironov_(painter)" title="Andrei Mironov (painter)">Andrei Mironov</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i>Blessed John the Wonderworker: A Preliminary Account of the Life and Miracles of Archbishop John Maximovitch</i>. Platina: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1987. (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0938635018" title="Special:BookSources/0938635018">0938635018</a>)</li> <li><i>Genesis, Creation and Early Man</i>. Platina: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2000. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1887904026" title="Special:BookSources/1887904026">1887904026</a>)</li> <li><i>God's Revelation to the Human Heart</i>. Platina: Saint Herman Press, 1988. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0938635034" title="Special:BookSources/0938635034">0938635034</a>)</li> <li><i>Letters from Father Seraphim</i>. Nikodemos Orthodox Publication Society. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1879066084" title="Special:BookSources/1879066084">1879066084</a>)</li> <li><i>Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age</i>. Platina: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1994. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1887904069" title="Special:BookSources/1887904069">1887904069</a>) (as Eugene Rose).</li> <li><i>Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future</i>. Platina: Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1975. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/188790400X" title="Special:BookSources/188790400X">188790400X</a>)</li> <li><i>The Apocalypse: In the Teachings of Ancient Christianity</i>. Platina: Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1985. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0938635670" title="Special:BookSources/0938635670">0938635670</a>)</li> <li><i>The Place of Blessed Augustine in the Orthodox Church</i>. Platina: Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1983. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0938635123" title="Special:BookSources/0938635123">0938635123</a>)</li> <li><i>The Soul After Death: Contemporary "After-Death" Experiences in the Light of the Orthodox Teaching on the Afterlife</i>. Platina: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 1988. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/093863514X" title="Special:BookSources/093863514X">093863514X</a>)</li> <li><i>Orthodox Survival Course</i>. Samizdat Press, 2019. (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780359754731" title="Special:BookSources/9780359754731">9780359754731</a>)</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://orthochristian.com/115466.html">"Remembering Fr. 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Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works</i></a>, Chapter 87: "Simplicity"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PCM-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PCM_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCM_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PCM_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWood2001" class="citation news cs1">Wood, Mark (April 13, 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220425015404/https://www.pomona.edu/news/2001/04/13-lives-saint">"Lives of a Saint"</a>. <i>Pomona College Magazine</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pomona.edu/news/2001/04/13-lives-saint">the original</a> on April 25, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 18,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Pomona+College+Magazine&rft.atitle=Lives+of+a+Saint&rft.date=2001-04-13&rft.aulast=Wood&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pomona.edu%2Fnews%2F2001%2F04%2F13-lives-saint&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeraphim+Rose" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Arizona-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Arizona_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Arizona_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220425013948/https://arizonaorthodox.com/saints-north-america/hieromonk-seraphim-rose/">"Hieromonk Seraphim Rose"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Youngtown,_Arizona" title="Youngtown, Arizona">Youngtown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">AZ</a>: All Saints of North America Orthodox Church. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://arizonaorthodox.com/saints-north-america/hieromonk-seraphim-rose/">the original</a> on April 25, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 6,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hieromonk+Seraphim+Rose&rft.place=Youngtown%2C+AZ&rft.pub=All+Saints+of+North+America+Orthodox+Church&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farizonaorthodox.com%2Fsaints-north-america%2Fhieromonk-seraphim-rose%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeraphim+Rose" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFarley2014" class="citation web cs1">Farley, Lawerence (September 25, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220425013640/https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/nootherfoundation/appreciating-seraphim-rose/">"Appreciating Seraphim Rose"</a>. <i>No Other Foundation</i>. <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Faith_Ministries" title="Ancient Faith Ministries">Ancient Faith Ministries</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/nootherfoundation/appreciating-seraphim-rose/">the original</a> on April 25, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 8,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=No+Other+Foundation&rft.atitle=Appreciating+Seraphim+Rose&rft.date=2014-09-25&rft.aulast=Farley&rft.aufirst=Lawerence&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.ancientfaith.com%2Fnootherfoundation%2Fappreciating-seraphim-rose%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeraphim+Rose" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-By_Sarah_Riccardi-Swartz-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-By_Sarah_Riccardi-Swartz_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-By_Sarah_Riccardi-Swartz_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSarah_Riccardi-Swartz2022" class="citation book cs1">Sarah Riccardi-Swartz (2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E2VhEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA56"><i>Between Heaven and Russia Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia</i></a>. Fordham University Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">56–</span>58. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8232-9952-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8232-9952-2"><bdi>978-0-8232-9952-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Between+Heaven+and+Russia+Religious+Conversion+and+Political+Apostasy+in+Appalachia&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E56-%3C%2Fspan%3E58&rft.pub=Fordham+University+Press&rft.date=2022&rft.isbn=978-0-8232-9952-2&rft.au=Sarah+Riccardi-Swartz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DE2VhEAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA56&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeraphim+Rose" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220425015404/https://www.pomona.edu/news/2001/04/13-lives-saint">"Lives of a Saint"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Pomona_College" title="Pomona College">Pomona College</a>. April 13, 2001. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pomona.edu/news/2001/04/13-lives-saint">the original</a> on April 25, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 6,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Lives+of+a+Saint&rft.pub=Pomona+College&rft.date=2001-04-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pomona.edu%2Fnews%2F2001%2F04%2F13-lives-saint&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeraphim+Rose" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/praxis/frseraphimspeaks.aspx">Fr. Seraphim Speaks</a>, from the Orthodox Christian Information Center.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.synodinresistance.org/pdfs/2009/09/02/20090902aRoyalPath%20Folder/20090902aRoyalPath.pdf">The Royal Path</a> "In Memory of Fr. Seraphim Rose", p. 2.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-orthodoxinfo1-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-orthodoxinfo1_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/fsr_99.aspx">Fr. Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works</a>, Chapter 99, "Hope".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/fsr_86.aspx">Fr. Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works</a>, Chapter 86, "Orthodoxy of the Heart".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pomona1-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pomona1_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMSP01/saint.shtml">Lives of a Saint</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120414220847/http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMSP01/saint.shtml">Archived</a> April 14, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHevelone-Harper2019" class="citation book cs1">Hevelone-Harper, Jennifer L. (November 19, 2019). "The Letter Collection of Barsanuphius and John". In Sogno, Cristiana; Storin, Bradley K.; Watts, Edward J. (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sHSvDwAAQBAJ"><i>Late Antique Letter Collections: A Critical Introduction and Reference Guide</i></a>. Univ of California Press. p. 423. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-520-30841-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-520-30841-1"><bdi>978-0-520-30841-1</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 3,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Letter+Collection+of+Barsanuphius+and+John&rft.btitle=Late+Antique+Letter+Collections%3A+A+Critical+Introduction+and+Reference+Guide&rft.pages=423&rft.pub=Univ+of+California+Press&rft.date=2019-11-19&rft.isbn=978-0-520-30841-1&rft.aulast=Hevelone-Harper&rft.aufirst=Jennifer+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DsHSvDwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeraphim+Rose" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.orthodoxcanada.org/qa.html">Questions and Answers</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110727154012/http://www.orthodoxcanada.org/qa.html">Archived</a> July 27, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> by "Archbishop" Lazar Puhalo. See Question added August 2007 on the "Toll Houses".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Puhalo, Lazar, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SnISWQ-15A&t=33m19s%7CToll">House Myth, Nr. 5</a>. May 23, 2012. Accessed on June 23, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=72&SID=3">Evolution and Orthodoxy</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100617015333/http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=72&SID=3">Archived</a> June 17, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, by Fr. John Matusiak at the Orthodox Church in America website.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/illuminedheart/father_seraphim_rose_spiritual_father">Father Seraphim Rose - Spiritual Father / Ancient Radio</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://orthochristian.com/148059.html">"Fr. Seraphim Rose's 40th anniversary, Georgian bishop calls for his canonization"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fr.+Seraphim+Rose%27s+40th+anniversary%2C+Georgian+bishop+calls+for+his+canonization&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Forthochristian.com%2F148059.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeraphim+Rose" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://orthochristian.com/148093.html">"Fr. Seraphim (Rose) is a saint, says Metropolitan of Morphou"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fr.+Seraphim+%28Rose%29+is+a+saint%2C+says+Metropolitan+of+Morphou&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Forthochristian.com%2F148093.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeraphim+Rose" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Some of these accounts may be read in Nun Brigid's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.apostle1.com/last-chapter-seraphim-rose-5.html"><i>The Last Chapter in the Short Life of Father Seraphim of Platina</i></a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://orthochristian.com/86832.html">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Only the One Who is a Child Can be Called a Father." St. Prohor Pechinskii and Fr. Seraphim Rose. Abbot Ilarion (Lupulovic)"</a>. <i>OrthoChristian.Com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 31,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=OrthoChristian.Com&rft.atitle=%22Only+the+One+Who+is+a+Child+Can+be+Called+a+Father.%22+St.+Prohor+Pechinskii+and+Fr.+Seraphim+Rose.+Abbot+Ilarion+%28Lupulovic%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Forthochristian.com%2F86832.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASeraphim+Rose" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(11)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Biographical_resources">Biographical resources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Biographical resources" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-11 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-11"> <ul><li><i>Father Seraphim: His Life and Work</i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-887904-07-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-887904-07-7">1-887904-07-7</a>). Revised and expanded version of <i>Not of This World</i></li> <li><i>Letters from Father Seraphim</i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-879066-08-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-879066-08-4">1-879066-08-4</a>). Correspondence with Fr. Alexey Young (now Hieromonk Ambrose), Rose's spiritual son</li> <li><i>Not of This World: the Life and Teaching of Fr Seraphim Rose</i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-938635-52-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-938635-52-2">0-938635-52-2</a>). A biography by monk Damascene Christensen (out of print)</li> <li><i>Seraphim Rose: The True Story and Private Letters</i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-928653-01-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-928653-01-4">1-928653-01-4</a>). A biography of Rose's life, letters and works by Cathy Scott, Rose's niece</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(12)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Seraphim_Rose&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-12 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-12"> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deathtotheworld.com/"><i>Death to the World</i> magazine</a>, online Orthodox publication containing some of Rose's writings</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desertwisdom.org/dttw/">Death to the World website</a>, online collection of writings by and inspired by Rose</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/phronema/evolution_frseraphim_kalomiros.aspx/">"Genesis and Early Man: The Orthodox Patristic Understanding"</a>, reply to pro-evolution speech given by Orthodox theologian Alexander Kalomiros</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130302192424/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/nihilism.html/"><i>Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age</i></a>, book written by Rose</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071007142157/http://www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws/synod/eng2006/images/frserrose1.jpg">Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia</a> unofficial icon of Rose</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output 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