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[[File:0321 Serafim.jpg|right|thumb|Icon of St. Seraphim of Vyritsa.]]Our venerable and God-bearing Father '''Seraphim of ViritsaVyritsa''' or ''of Virits'' (1866-1949) is a monastic known especially for his gifts of [[prophecy]] and [[miracle]]-working. He is also known for a letter that he sent to his spiritual child, a bishop who was in a Soviet prison at that time; this homily "[[This was from me]]" is written as a consolation and counsel to the bishop to let him know that God the Creator addresses to the soul of man. He is one of about 1200 persons whom the Hierarchical Synod of the Orthodox [[Church of Russia]] proclaimed [[saint]]s in 2000 AD. St. Seraphim is commemorated by the Church on [[March 21]].
==Life==
He was renamed "Seraphim" in 1927, in honour of St. Seraphim of Sarov, when he entered the Great Habit. He eventually became the spiritual father of the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg, where, as a clairvoyant [[geronta|staretz]], he also [[confession|confessed]] thousands of [[laity]]. He said, "I am the storage room where people's afflictions gather." In imitation of his [[patron saint]], he [[prayer|prayed]] for a thousand nights on a rock before an [[icon]] of St. Seraphim of Sarov. He reposed in the Lord in 1949, and the [[Church of Russia]] glorified him in August of 2000.
==See also==
*[[This was from me]]
==Sources==
[[Category:Russian Saints]]
[[Category:Monastics]]
[[Category:20th-century saints]]
[[ro:Serafim din Viriţa]]
