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Seraphim (Romantsov)

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Ivan was born on [[June 28]], 1885, in a village of Voronok of the Krupetsk volost of the Kursk province in family of a peasant. Little information is known about his early life, since the elder did not say anything due to his modesty. After the graduation from the [[parish]] school and repose of his parents, Ivan entered the Glinsk monastery. In 1914-1916, he took part in the World War I, was wounded and after the recovery he returned to the monastery. In 1919, Ivan was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] with the name Juvenalis. His elder, hieromonk Aristoklis (Veter), taught him a wholehearted daily confession of thoughts and attention to all the movements of the heart. Later, Seraphim believed that the inner doing is very important for the spiritual growth and salvation.
In 1919, Juvenalis was [[ordination|ordained]] [[hierodeacon]] and, in 1926, when he moved to Sukhumi after the closure of the Glinsk monastery, he was ordained a [[hieromonk]] and tonsured into [[Monastic Ranks|Great Schema]] with the name of Seraphim. In 1931, Seraphim was arrested and sent to the [[w:White_Sea-Baltic_Canal|White Sea Canal ]] construction.
From 1934 to 1946, Fr. Seraphim lived an [[asceticism|ascetic ]] life in Kirghizia where he was hidden by a pious family. In 1946-1947 he lived in Tashkent as a confessor at the [[Cathedral]]. In 1948, after the return to the reopened Glinsk monastery, he was made a spiritual farther by archimandrite Seraphim (Amelin).
Most of all, Fr. Seraphim wanted to bring his spiritual children to humility, about which he wrote: "Everything that you need for salvation is the true humility, inner conviction that you are worse of the sinners and of all, but this is the greatest gift of God, and it is gained by many works and sweats. Then the man feels in his heart such calmness that is inexplicable in human words. Day and night, look for this precious jewel. Truly humble, if he has any gifts from God - prayer or tears, fasting, all of it he carefully conceals, for the human praise, like a moth, eats everything." In his letters and instructions, Fr. Seraphim constantly warned against conviction of others.
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