Venerable
Seraphim the Patient of Sâmbăta de Sus
Abbot of Sâmbăta de Sus Monastery
Archimandrite, abbot of Sâmbăta de Sus from 1944 to 1954; canonized by the Romanian Holy Synod in 2024.
- Feast
- December 20old style January 2
- Reposed
- 199020th century
- Place
- Sâmbăta de Sus
- Order
- Venerables
Life
Saint Venerable Seraphim the Patient of Sâmbăta de Sus was a Romanian Orthodox monk with the rank of archimandrite, abbot of Sâmbăta de Sus Monastery between 1944 and 1954. According to our data, he was born in 1912 and died in 1990. His family name was Popescu.
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church canonized him at its session of 11-12 July 2024, with the title Saint Venerable Seraphim the Patient of Sâmbăta de Sus, and set his feast on 20 December.
Our sources do not say more about his life.
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