On August 1, the day of the glorification of St. Seraphim of Sarov, solemn services were held at the parishes of the diocese in Makalangot (Arakan, Mindanao) and Lawigue (Tayabas, Luzon). St Seraphim had foretold that on the day of his glorification a saint Tsar will come and «they will sing Pascha in the mid summer». And it happened so. On this day in 1903, Tsar St. Nicholas II himself arrived at the ceremony of uncovering the relics of the saint, and all people sang “Christ is risen”. And Tsar received a letter from him with predictions about Tsar’s future and Russia’s…
