03 Works, Today, July 16th, is Hieromartyr Seraphim’s day, his story in art #197

St. Seraphim Archbishop of Phanarion and Neochorion (1)
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St. Seraphim Archbishop of Phanarion and Neochorion
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Hieromartyr Seraphim of Phanarion and Neochorion was the Archbishop of Phanarion and Neochorion in Ottoman Turk occupied Greece at the end of the sixteenth century.

His family was pious and reared him in the Orthodox faith. After he came of age, he entered the monastic life at the Monastery of the Theotokos in Korona, receiving the name Seraphim. Upon the death of his abbot, he was elected to succeed him as head of the monastery.

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