Seraphim of Sarov
The Great Mystery of Diveyevo and other prophecies
Traditional attribution
The Great Mystery of Diveyevo and other prophecies
Великая Дивеевская тайна
They announce that Seraphim would be taken before his time and raised in the last days to preach repentance to the world, together with visions of the fate of the dynasty and of Russia. They circulated in copies, were banned by church and later Soviet authority, and have been reprinted abundantly since 1991, often mixed with authentic sayings.
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Authorship note
Prophecies about Russia, the Antichrist and Seraphim's own future resurrection that Motovilov presented as the elder's exact words (a letter to Nicholas I of 1844 and other manuscripts) and that Nilus published, above all in On the Bank of God's River (1916). Critics regard them as the product of Motovilov's and Nilus's apocalyptic expectation; their attribution to Seraphim is supported by no independent source.
Editions and translations
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Русский
Seraphim of Sarov
На берегу Божьей реки
The Conscious LibraryНа берегу Божьей реки
Sérguiev Posad, 1916
Edición de Serguéi Nilus (1.ª parte 1911).
Other works by Seraphim of Sarov
- Conversation with Motovilov on the Aim of the Christian Life · 1831
- Spiritual Instructions to Laypeople and Monks · 1839
- Chronicle of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery (sayings and accounts) · 1896
- The Short Prayer Rule for Laypeople
- The Rule of the Theotokos
- Notes of Nikolai Motovilov, Servant of the Mother of God and of St Seraphim
- Account of the Life and Labours of Father Seraphim (Hieromonk Sergius, 1841) · 1841
- Accounts of the Life of the Elder Seraphim (Hieromonk Georgy, 1844) · 1844
- Accounts of the Labours of the Elder Seraphim (Hieromonk Joasaph, 1849) · 1849
- Life of the Elder Seraphim (Nikolai Elagin, 1863) · 1863
Sources
- Sanidopoulos, John. «The Authenticity of the Conversation of St. Seraphim of Sarov with Nicholas Motovilov», Mystagogy Resource Center, 2 de enero de 2020.
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