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<!--nb. portrait images at ~100px, landscape images at ~200px-->[[Image:Seraphim of Sarov.jpg|100px|left]]Our venerable father The '''[[Seraphim Episcopal Assembly of SarovNorth and Central America]]''' was born on [[July 19]], 1754, founded in Kursk2010, Russia. At consists of all the age active Orthodox bishops of 10North and Central America, Seraphim became seriously illrepresenting multiple jurisdictions. During It is the course of his illnesssuccessor to SCOBA, he saw the [[Mother of God]] in his sleepand it is not, who promised to heal him; she did so through a religious procession in Kursk with the locally revered [[miracle]]-working [[icon]] of the Mother of God. At the age of 18properly speaking, Seraphim firmly decided to become a [[monk]]synod. From day one in the monastery in Sarov, Russia, exceptional abstinence from food and slumber were the distinguishing features The Episcopal Assembly of his life. He ate once a day, North and little. His taking Central America is one of several such bodies around the monastic vows occurred in 1786, when he was 27 years old. He was given the name Seraphim, world which operate in Hebrew means "fiery," or "burning." He later withdrew as an [[ascetic]] hermit and then, near the end of his life, became an [[elder]] to all who came to his hermitage. The Church commemorates St. Seraphim on [[January 2]], and the opening of his [[relics]] on [[July 19]]. He is considered a [[wonderso-worker]]called "diaspora. '''Quote''': "Those who have truly decided to serve the Lord God should practice the remembrance of God and uninterrupted prayer to Jesus Christ, mentally saying" the [[Jesus Prayer]].
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