Metropolitan Serafim Memoir, 1950-1953
Collection context
- Creator:
- Seraphim, Metropolit, 1883-1950
- Extent:
- 947 pages (947 pages)
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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The memoirs discuss Serafim's ecclesiastical work at various posts in Europe, the All-Russian Church Council of 1917-1918 and his position as titular Metropolitan in Finland. Serafim also describes his life in France during the 1940s.
- Biographical / historical:
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Serafim, whose secular name was Luki︠a︡nov, was the Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe in 1945-1947.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is located on-site.
- Location of this collection:
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