Qualla: Saint Augustine of Hippo and Seraphim of Sarov Monastery https://qualla.com/saint-augustine-of-hippo-and-seraphim-of-sarov-monastery en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/z/d/saint-augustine-of-hippo-and-seraphim-of-sarov-monastery-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Saint Augustine of Hippo and Seraphim of Sarov Monastery https://qualla.com/saint-augustine-of-hippo-and-seraphim-of-sarov-monastery Saint Augustine of Hippo and Seraphim of Sarov Monastery: Introduction https://qualla.com/saint-augustine-of-hippo-and-seraphim-of-sarov-monastery/ Photo credit Fotinifp, CC BY-SA 4.0. Saint Augustine of Hippo died in 430 AD in North Africa, watching the Vandals besiege his city. Saint Seraphim of Sarov died in 1833 in Russia, kneeling before an icon. The two men lived fourteen centuries apart, spoke different languages, belonged to what became different branches of Christendom, and never could have imagined being commemorated together in a monastery on a Greek mountain above the Gulf of Corinth. Yet here, in the hills northeast of Nafpaktos, they share an altar.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/z/d/saint-augustine-of-hippo-and-seraphim-of-sarov-monastery-wp/sqzd-saint-augustine-of-hippo-and-seraphim-of-sarov-mon-how-it-began.mp3 0:06 3 full Saint Augustine of Hippo and Seraphim of Sarov Monastery: The Arrival of Seraphim https://qualla.com/saint-augustine-of-hippo-and-seraphim-of-sarov-monastery/ Photo credit Fotinifp, CC BY-SA 4.0. The inclusion of Saint Seraphim of Sarov in the monastery's dedication is explained by the community through a specific series of events. During a camping session in 1990, while Elder Nektarios led a common prayer and asked for a sign from God, witnesses described bright beams of...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/z/d/saint-augustine-of-hippo-and-seraphim-of-sarov-monastery-wp/sqzd-saint-augustine-of-hippo-and-seraphim-of-sarov-mon-the-arrival-of-seraphim.mp3 0:06 4 full Saint Augustine of Hippo and Seraphim of Sarov Monastery: The Church Within https://qualla.com/saint-augustine-of-hippo-and-seraphim-of-sarov-monastery/ Photo credit Fotinifp, CC BY-SA 4.0. The katholikon — the main church of an Orthodox monastery — is built on a cruciform plan with a central dome. Its iconostasis, the carved wooden screen that separates the nave from the sanctuary, was made by hand in Agiasos on Lesvos, one of Greece's traditional centers of woodca...

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