Seraphim of Sarov
Account of the Life and Labours of Father Seraphim (Hieromonk Sergius, 1841)
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Account of the Life and Labours of Father Seraphim (Hieromonk Sergius, 1841)
Сказание о жизни и подвигах блаженной памяти отца Серафима, Саровской пустыни иеромонаха и затворника

The first printed life and the main historical source on Seraphim: childhood in Kursk, entry to Sarov, the wilderness, the robbers' attack, the seclusion and death, without the miracles added by later lives. It went through several editions, later combined with the life of the hermit Mark and the Instructions.
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Authorship note
By Hieromonk Sergius (Vasiliev), written in 1837 from testimonies collected since 1818 and pruned by Metropolitan Philaret before its publication in Moscow (1841), signed 'I. S.'.
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Русский
Seraphim of Sarov
Сказание о жизни и подвигах блаженной памяти отца Серафима
The Conscious LibraryСказание о жизни и подвигах блаженной памяти отца Серафима
Moscú, 1841
Translation: Hieromonje Sergio (Vasíliev)
Primera edición.
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
- The Great Mystery of Diveyevo and other prophecies
- 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
- «Серафим Саровский», Wikipedia en ruso (biografía, fuentes hagiográficas, expediente de Matrona Plescheeva en el fondo del metropolita Filaret, carta del abad Isaías II de 1848, canonización y reliquias). Consultada el 25-10-2026.
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