This story has so much to teach us all - but especially Orthodox bishops and priests. In this video one sees the marvelous response of God to one man's determined and pained search for spiritual health and healing and his simple and humble acceptance of the providence of God.
Seraphim was born, baptized, confirmed and raised as a Lutheran, although a nominal observer, who later, for lack of fulfillment and meaning in his life, sought out eastern religious experiences. After passing through much suffering and pain as a result of opening himself up to the spirits present in these religions, the Mother of God herself visited Him and revealed to him the truth of Christ and the Church.
Initially received by chrismation, but not being healed of his spiritual ills, he was led again by God to a mountain monastery in Romania where he finally found freedom, healing and new life in Christ in Baptism - and where he finally, experientially understood "what this Orthodoxy is all about!"
This is a message that every Orthodox shepherd of souls needs to listen to attentively, for it comes from a man in search of healing for his soul - totally unaffected by, or even aware of, ecclesiastical politics, ecumenical perceptions or theories, or canonical or pastoral justifications of oikonomia.
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