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THE ORTHODOX WORD. CHRISTMAS, 1968 SEVENTY - FIVE CENTS pr aS BLESSED FATHER HERMAN’S SPRUCE ISLAND THE ORTHODOX WORD 4 BIMONTHLY PERIODICAL 1968 Vol. 4, No. 6 (23) November - December Established with the blessing of His Eminence the late Jobn (Maximovitch), Archbishop of Western America and San Francisco, Russian Orchodox Church Outside of Russia Editors: Eugene Rose, M.A., & Gleb Podmoshensky, B.Th. Printed by the Father Herman Brotherhood. ‘Text set in 10-point Garamont type, titles in 18-point Goudy Bold. CONTENTS 233 The Nativity of Christ by Archbishop Jobn Maximovisch 235 The Life of St. Gerasimos the New Ascetic 255 The Orthodox Spiritual Life: The Spiritual Instructions of St. Seraphim of Sarov (XXVIL-XXX1) 259 Orthodoxy in the Contemporary World 262 Missionary Correspondence 267 Witness of Orthodoxy: Schema-Hieromonk Panteleimon 273 A Pilgrimage to the Orthodox Holy Places of America: The Fourteenth Pilgrimage COVER: Spruce Island, Alaska: Chapel of Sts. Sergy and Herman of Valaam at Monk's Lagoon where the relics of the Blessed Fr. Herman are treasured Copyright 1968 by Orthodox Christian Books & Icons. Published bimonthly by Orthodox Christian Books & Icons, Second-