Archbishop Averky - His Significance by Fr. Seraphim

“Archbishop Averky was one of the last of the giants of 20th-century Orthodoxy, not merely of the Russian Church Outside of Outside of Russia, or even of Russian Orthodoxy—but of the whole of the 20th-century Orthodox Church.”“The abundance with which his golden lips gushed the sweet honey of the pure teaching of Orthodoxy, especially in his most fruitful last years, has perhaps helped to hide from us the rarity and even uniqueness of his teaching in our evil days. We have grown so used to his flaming and bold words that we have not noticed that he was virtually the only hierarch of any Orthodox church writing in any language with such boldness and uprightness in defense of Orthodoxy.”Speaking of Eugene and Gleb (Fr. Seraphim and Fr. Herman) in the early days of The Orthodox Word, Hieromonk Damascene writes “Although they no longer sought for everything to be inspected prior to publication, they continued to come to Archbishop John [Maximovitch] whenever they had specific questions, and he answered them with love. For answers to theological questions which might arise, he said they should write to Archbishop Averky, with whom he had complete oneness of soul.” (from ‘Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works’)Text is from issue #100-101 of The Orthodox Word: https://archive.org/details/100101V17...A treasure trove of articles from Archbishop Averky can be found here: http://archbishopaverky.blogspot.comThis channel is dedicated to sharing the writings and lives of the Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Glory to Jesus Christ!