Sbornik statei, posviashchennykh vysokopreosviashchenneishemu Serafimu Mitropolitu Berlinskomu i Germanskomu po sluchaiu 40-letiia ego sviashchennosluzheniia [Collection of articles dedicated to His Eminence Seraphim Metropolitan of Berlin and Germany on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his ministry]

Munich: Izd. Pravoslavnogo tserkovno-blagotvoritelnogo kom-ta Germanskoi eparkhii, 1947. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. Item #88

Large octavo (21 x 29 cm). 72 pages of mimeographed typescript with one portrait. Text in Russian. Wear to wrappers and spine. Spine extremities frayed. Still a very good copy.

Mitropolit Serafim (1883-1950) [Karl Georg Albert Lade] was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. In 1905 he moved to Russia where he married a Russian woman. In 1930, with the permission of the Soviet government, as a German citizen, he left for Germany, where he publicly admitted that he was an agent of the OGPU (Secret police). He died on September 14, 1950 in a hospital from injuries inflicted on him by two unknown persons under unclear circumstances.

OCLC shows only one copy in Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, NY).

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