Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria Resource Page

Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria (1959-2020)

 

The Late Metropolitan Seraphim of Kastoria, My Friend who was a Friend of the Saints

 

"Rational Faith" and Communicable Disease (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)  

O All-Praised Mother

 

Our Mom

 

The Swallow: the Cause of the Theosis of All

 

The Theotokos, the Workshop of our Salvation

 

The Theotokos as the Ark Gilt by the Spirit  

 

The Theotokos as the Throne of God

 

The Theotokos as the Fleece of Gideon 

The Theotokos as a Harbor

 

Interpreting the Name of the Virgin Maria

 

The Theotokos as the Incense of Intercession  

 

The Theotokos as the Light-Bearing Lantern

"O Daughter of Adam and Mother of God"

 

The Theotokos as Fabric

 

The Theotokos as a "Star"

 

The Theotokos as the "Secret Rod"

 

The Theotokos as the Rectification of Humanity  

The Theotokos as the Living Table

 

"The Zealot"  

 

St. Stephen the Protomartyr, "the Censer of Grace"

 

The Tears of the Apostle Paul

 

Saint Photini, the Chosen Evangelist

 

Saint Ignatius the God-bearer, A True Bishop

 

The Three Adornments of Saint Demetrios 

 

Saint Menas, the Athlete who Resisted 

 

The Three Medicines of the Holy Unmercenaries

 

The Three Hierarchs: Towers of Faith

 

Saint Paisios as an Orthodox Romios  

The Repose of a Sanctified Clergyman - Archimandrite Photios Georgiou (+ August 23, 2020)

 

How Will We Celebrate Christmas Today?

 

Becoming Visionaries of the Face of the Divine Child (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)  

 

The Economy of Theophany

Asceticism, the Mother of Sanctification

 

Fasting: "As Old As Humanity"

 

Sloth: The Foundation of Wickedness 

 

The Dreadful Day of Judgment

 

"The Bethlehemite Is Killing Me": A Reflection on the Great Canon

 

What Is Orthodoxy? (Metr. Seraphim of Kastoria)

 

The Mystery of the Cross 

 

"Tell My Brethren..." (An Exhortation to Priests for Holy Week) 

 

Why Did Jesus Weep at the Tomb of Lazarus?

 

"Lazarus, Come Forth!" (A Despotic Voice,  A Royal Shout,  A Powerful Command)

 

The Fourth Path of Repentance  

The Oil of Fellowship

 

Hypocrisy: The Illness of our Time

 

The Sinful Woman: A Sheep Without a Shepherd

 

The Despairing Woman

 

On the Blessed Tears of Repentance 

 

The Holy Altar Today Becomes the Upper Room

 

The Man Born Blind and the Malicious Exaggeration of the Scribes and Pharisees  

"The Earth Has Become Heaven Today"

 

"The Heavens Above Have Opened"

 

"I Was Born a Christian, and a Christian I Will Die" (Homily for the Sunday of the Neomartyrs Under the Turks) 

 

"The Fathers Who Made the Mountain Heavenly"

 

Funeral of Blessed Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi: A Smile From Eternity

 

Eldress Sophia of Kleisoura, the Ascetic of the Panagia  

 

A Bright First Feast for Saint Sophia of Kleisoura

 

The Recent Repose of Three Scholarly Athonite Elders  

The Translation and Washing of the Relics of an Unknown Hieromartyr (video + photos)

 

Holy Hieromartyr Basil Kalapalikes (+ 1902)

 

Ecumenical Patriarchate Canonizes Seven New Martyrs of Kastoria

The Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa in Kastoria

 

15th Century Church of Saints Gurias, Samonas and Habibus Open Again

 

The 14th Century Church of Saints Alypios and Stylianos in Kastoria