Venerable
Serafim Tekza
of Rossikon Monastery
A Russian hieroschemamonk of Rossikon, reposed in 1982; Athonite elder venerated by the faithful, not formally canonized.
- Reposed
- 198220th century
- Place
- St Panteleimon (Rossikon), Mount Athos
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Serafim Tekza was a hieroschemamonk from Subcarpathian Rus, born in 1901 at Berezovo, Maramures province (Czechoslovakia), who died on 18/31 March 1982 at Thessaloniki. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.
Named Stepan Ivanovich in the world, the son of Elena, he came to Athos with a large group of countrymen and entered St Panteleimon on 15 August 1925. On 24 March 1928 he was tonsured a rassophore with the name Serafim and on 21 August of the same year into the mantle. At first he worked with the oxen. A month before his death his health suddenly worsened and he went into hospital at Thessaloniki, where on Wednesday, 18/31 March 1982, he passed in peace to the Lord. He was buried in the monastery cemetery.