Update: See the photos of this event posted by Patrick Barnes of the Orthodox Christian Information Center. 

 The 25th anniversary of the repose of Hieromonk Seraphim Rose was commemorated at the St. Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, CA on September 2, 2007. It was really a 3 day event, with Sunday morning liturgy being held at Fr. Seraphim's grave, and about 100 pilgrims in attendence, and Liturgy on Monday morning, with over 200 pilgrims in attendence, with Bishop Maxim and another Serbian Bishop serving, as well as Metropolitan Joseph of the Bulgarian Patritarchate. Several talks were given. Fr. Vladimir Anderson and Matushka, as well as Thomas Anderson (who lived in the monastery for a time during Fr. Seraphim's life) shared heart-warming remembrances of Fr. Seraphim. Fr. Damascene Christiansen shared his own remembrances, and gave pilgrims a tour of Fr. Seraphim's cell. Metropolitan Joseph gave 2-3 inspired talks concerning the significance of Hieromonk Seraphim for our time, which coincided with the release of the biography of Fr. Seraphim in Bulgarian. Others shared personal recollections as well. People came from all over the US and Canada for this event, from all Orthodox jurisdictions. A new CD of Fr. Seraphim's taped lecture on the Orthodox Worldview was distributed, and can now be ordered from St. Herman Press.

[Father Seraphim Rose]
After a long wait with much anticiation, the new book "Fr. Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works" is out Pick it up via the St. Herman Press link above, or from Amazon.com. One notable quote which is one of several on the St. Herman Press site (and on the beautiful cover of the book):

"THIS is the Fr. Seraphim I remember, and how wonderful it was to read this biography and relive it all. Fr. Damascene�s work is a fine reconstruction of the Platina Years� that affected so many of us in a positive way. But most important of all, Fr. Seraphim lives again in these pages�just as I recall him�a warm, clear-thinking advocate of that which we need so badly these days: a suffering Orthodoxy of the heart.� This is a truly exceptional book, worthy of the noble and righteous Fr. Seraphim!