A comprehensive collection of known letters written by Blessed Seraphim of Platina to contemporary correspondents. This digital collection represents Blessed Seraphim's spiritual legacy and includes:
- 328 letters originally published online in October 2016
- Additional letters interpolated from Fr. Alexey Young's corpus of excerpts published in Letters from Fr. Seraphim
- Added footnotes for additional context
- Additional letters added as made available widely
- English
- Russian (Русский)
- Greek (Ελληνικά)
- Spanish (Español)
- Romanian (Română)
- more to be added!
- Full multilingual support
- SEO optimization with OG image generation
- Custom styling and fonts
- Responsive design
- Intuitive navigation by year and theme
- Complete chronological indexing (1961-1982)
The letters cover a wide range of topics, including:
- Conversion to Orthodoxy
- Establishment of the Orthodox bookstore
- Publication of "The Orthodox Word"
- Monastic life at Platina
- Theological discussions on evolution
- Church and jurisdictional relations
- Spiritual advice for converts
- Astro
- Starlight
- OG Images Generator
- Vercel for deployment
| Command | Action |
|---|---|
npm install |
Installs dependencies |
npm run dev |
Starts local dev server at localhost:4321 |
npm run build |
Build your production site to ./dist/ |
npm run preview |
Preview your build locally, before deploying |
The site is configured for deployment on Vercel with automatic OG image generation and sitemap creation. The production site can be accessed at: https://letters.blessedseraphim.com
This project is an open source project which includes letters from Fr. Seraphim Rose published and collected from various sources.
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request—especially to correct and perfect translations.