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title: "St Seraphim of Sarov — Lives of saints"
description: "Monk of the Sarov Hermitage, hermit, stylite and elder. He received thousands of pilgrims with the paschal greeting “My joy, Christ is risen!” Spiritual…"
url: "https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saints/seraphim"
language: "en"
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# St Seraphim of Sarov

Life dates

1754 (or 1759) – 1833

Region

Sarov Hermitage (Nizhny Novgorod province)

Canonization

Russian Orthodox Church, canonized 1903

## Short life

Monk of the Sarov Hermitage, hermit, stylite and elder. He received thousands of pilgrims with the paschal greeting “My joy, Christ is risen!” Spiritual patron of the Diveyevo convent. Canonized in 1903.

## Significance for the Church

His teaching on the acquisition of the Holy Spirit as the aim of Christian life (the conversation with Motovilov, as recorded and published in 1903).

[Full life](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/history/saint-seraphim)

## Related

- Repose of St Seraphim of Sarov, Wonderworker
- Finding of the relics of St Seraphim of Sarov
- [Holy Trinity St Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent](https://spas.life/en/orthodoxy/places/diveyevo)