Personal Reminiscences of Father Seraphim Rose
by Hieromonk Ambrose (formerly Priest Alexey Young)
by Hieromonk Ambrose (formerly Priest Alexey Young)
* Thomas Anderson, the son of Fr. Vladimir Anderson of Willits, California, stayed here at the monastery off and on between the years 1972 and 1975. One thing that stood out in his memory from those years was Fr. Seraphim’s lack of concern for food. "Fr. Seraphim didn’t enjoy food or care what it tasted like,” Thomas told me not long ago. "He just ate to get enough energy to keep going, like fueling up a car. He ate whatever was put in front of him, without putting anything else on it, not even salt and pepper. And when it was his turn to cook, he prepared the most simple and basic food possible. When he cooked spaghetti, for example, it was just tomato paste and pasta, with no spices in the tomato paste.” How different is this image of Fr. Seraphim from what we know of his early, pre-Orthodox days as a gourmandizer!
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