Жизнеописание

On the 6th of December 2006 Archimandrite Abel (Seraphim in schema) (Makedonov) fell asleep in the Lord after a short but serious illness.

thumb_sxima(He took vows of schema with the name Seraphim in honor of St. Venerable Seraphim of Sarov by Vladyko Dimitrios (Gradusov) in his early years because of a serious heart disease).

He was an assiduous and wise father, a fervent servant of the altar about whom one can better say with the words of the Holy Scripture: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith...” (2 Tim. IV, 7)