On February 26, 1950, Archbishop Seraphim (Sobolev) of Boguchar (Bulgaria), an amazing clergyman and ascetic, a champion of purity of the Orthodox faith, fell asleep in the Lord. Born and educated in Russia, he found eternal rest in Bulgaria, the country where he served from 1921. As a theologian, he is known for his uncompromising stance against ecumenism, modernism, and the Sophianist heresy of Archpriest Sergius Bulgakov. Notably, the Bulgarians know of “Grandpa Vladyka Seraphim” not as a theologian, but more as an ascetic of piety and saint whom God bestowed with the abundant grace of performing miracles. School children and students come to “Dedushka’s” tomb at the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Sofia asking for good grades at exams; cancer patients ask for healing; and those who are in sorrow or sadness flock to him in hope of receiving consolation.
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