Seraphim of Sarov
Life of the Elder Seraphim (Nikolai Elagin, 1863)
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Life of the Elder Seraphim (Nikolai Elagin, 1863)
Житие старца Серафима, Саровской обители иеромонаха, пустынножителя и затворника
The longest nineteenth-century life, based on monastery archives and witnesses' accounts, which fixed many details of the tradition, such as the fall from the bell tower, and put in Seraphim's mouth an explicit condemnation of the Old Believer rite that some authors attribute to synodal censorship. It went through six editions.
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Authorship note
Commissioned by Sarov monastery and written by the censor Nikolai Elagin, whose name appeared only in the 5th edition (1901–1905). Rochcau judges it 'rather dubious'.
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Русский
Seraphim of Sarov
Житие старца Серафима
The Conscious LibraryЖитие старца Серафима
Moscú, 1863
Translation: Nikolái V. Elaguin (anónimo hasta 1901)
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
- 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
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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