THE ORTHODOX WORD.
CHRISTMAS, 1968 SEVENTY - FIVE CENTS
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BLESSED FATHER HERMAN’S
SPRUCE ISLANDTHE 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-