I live very close to St Hermans' Monastery where Fr Seraphim lived. When I visit with my friend from Romania (who is a strong supporter of Fr Seraphim) I meet so many people who have come from Europe, especially Russia, to visit his monastery. My friend keeps telling me Fr Serpahim isn't known here anywhere as much as he is known and revered in Eastern Europe and has brought many people there back to the faith through his writings.
This is why she loves him so much. To Eastern Europeans who have embraced the West since communisms fall he was a voice, from the west, that said we did not have all the answers and that the \"new\" is not always the best.
I agree that if he is to be canonized everything has to be examined but I can also understand that those who love him are not going to want to hear people question his goodness.
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