When I shared the sad news of Bishop Seraphim’s death with my wife, Olga, she replied, “Our Seraphim flew away from us.” I was struck by how aptly the expression described his movements during his life with us and now his departure. It dawned on me: surely, he was a seraph, cast on earth among us for a mysterious mission…
Section: In Memoriam
The New City of Igor Kozlovsky
Albert Schweitzer set it as a goal to make his life the argument for his philosophy. Igor Kozlovsky, Ukrainian philosopher, historian, student of religions, and prisoner of conscience, who fell asleep on September 6, drew his philosophy of life from personal experience and shared its arguments with everyone who knew him, read him, listened to[…..]
A Seed is Buried: Metropolitan Alexander of Nigeria (1960–2023)
It was Great Saturday morning, 2000, in Lagos, Nigeria. Holy Week was coming to its Paschal culmination. The services were celebrated in the Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection, where a diverse congregation consisting of Nigerians, Greeks, Cypriots, and Orthodox immigrants from various other countries came together to participate.
Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia (1934–2022)
On the Loss of Kallistos
Eulogy for Archbishop Nikon (Liolin)
On September 1, 2019, Archbishop Nikon of Boston, New England, and the Albanian Archdiocese (OCA) fell asleep in the Lord after a long battle with cancer. His Eminence’s repose has left an enormous void in the lives of his family and friends and in the lives of the two dioceses he lovingly pastored.
Eulogy for Father Peter Scorer
On September 11, 2020, Father Peter Scorer, the longtime deacon and disciple of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, fell asleep in the Lord weeks after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.
Marie Struve (1925-2020)
Often, telluric points are linked to a person’s passage on earth. Places where a person lived, loved, and suffered can tell a great deal about her. Marie Struve was born in Nice, a few steps from its Russian cathedral, where her father, Alexander Eltchaninoff, served as a priest for the large Russian immigrant community. She[…..]
Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk
Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk’s death on January 12, 2021, released a flood of memories.I first met Filaret in April 1984. I was one of several people from the West invited to participate in a discussion of “Violence, Nonviolence, and Liberation” he hosted at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Office of External Affairs.