Seraphim (Rose) of Platina

Saint Seraphim Rose was one of the founders of the St. Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina. He was True Orthodox and a member ROCOR during the period when they were on good terms with Greek Old Calendarism and the Russian Catacomb Church, prior to the union of ROCOR-MP with the Moscow Patriarchate. He was a spiritual son of St. John of Shanghai and a prolific author. St. Seraphim has been glorified by some True Orthodox and is widely considered a saint even in conservative World Orthodoxy.

He was called Eugene Rose in the world.

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