13/43: Boredom & Despondency: St. Seraphim of Sarov

13. On Boredom & Despondency

A reading of the Spiritual Instructions of Saint Seraphim of Sarov. Saint Seraphim (1759, Kursk -1833, Sarov) is one of the most renowned Russian monks and mystics in the Orthodox Church. Generally considered the greatest of the 19th century elders, he is remembered for extending the monastic teachings of contemplation, theoria and self-denial to the layperson, and taught that the purpose of the Christian life was to acquire the Holy Spirit. Nicholas Motovilov, wrote most of what we know about him today. Saint Seraphim was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1903.

"Acquire a peaceful spirit, and thousands around you will be saved." ~St. Seraphim

These readings are from Vol.1 of the Little Russian Philokalia published by the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood.

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[FraAugustinus]

Thanks! You have a very nice channel and I will enjoy listening to St. Maximus and all the other materials there! I do enjoy sharing these works; they are too little known. St. Seraphim' techings (like many other Orthodox works) are extremely direct, practical, as well as deeply spiritual & mustical. I also like traditional Catholic works like the Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis de Montfort. For these recordings I simply used the built-in laptop microphone, it seems to work well enough.

[mishakol129]

Great... Thank you. Do you like recording Orthodox Christian books? I do the same too! I have some recordings of St Maximus on my YouTube channel, the microphone I was using was not that good (it was a headset microphone).

What kind of microphone are you using?