A seraph (/ˈsɛr.əf/; pl. seraphs or seraphim /ˈsɛr.ə.fɪm/, in the King James Version also seraphims (plural); Hebrew: שָׂרָף śārāf, plural שְׂרָפִים śərāfîm; Latin: seraphim and seraphin (plural), also seraphus (-i, m.);Greek: σεραφείμ serapheím) is a type of celestial or heavenly being in Christianity and Judaism.
Tradition places seraphs in the highest rank in the Christian angelic hierarchy and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy. A seminal passage in the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1-8) used the term to describe six-winged beings that fly around the Throne of God crying "holy, holy, holy". This throne scene, with its triple invocation of holiness (a formula that came to be known as the Trisagion), profoundly influenced subsequent theology, literature and art. Its influence is frequently seen in works depicting angels, heaven and apotheosis. Seraphs are mentioned as celestial beings in an influential Hellenistic work, the Book of Enoch, and the Book of Revelation.
Seraphim Chichagov (9 June 1856 or 9 January 1856– 11 December 1937), born Leonid Mikhailovich Chichagov, was a Metropolitan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church who was executed by firing squad and subsequently canonized as a New Martyr.
Born into a military family, he enlisted as an artillery officer after finishing his schooling. Influenced by his experiences in the Russo-Turkish War and meetings with John of Kronstadt, he resigned from the military and became a clergyman. Following the death of his wife, he entered the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius and received the monastic name Seraphim. He was later appointed father superior and Archimandrite of the Monastery of Saint Euthymius, and later the New Jerusalem Monastery. In 1905 he was appointed bishop of Sukhumi. In subsequent years he was appointed Bishop of Orlowski (1906–1908), Chişinău (1908–1912), Tver (1912–1917), and Warsaw (1918–1921). In 1928 was appointed Metropolitan of St. Petersburg.
He retired in 1933 due to age and ill health. Four years later he was arrested and charged with monarchist propaganda. Sentenced to death by firing squad, he was executed on December 11, 1937 at the Butovo firing range.
Metropolitan Seraphim of Krutitsy and Kolomna (Russian: Серафим, митрополит Крутицкий и Коломенский; born Vladimir Myronovych Nikitin (Russian: Владимир Миронович Никитин); July 2, 1905 - 22 April 1979) is a Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Kolomna and Krutitsy.
Born in St. Petersburg in the family servant. In 1928 he graduated from the State Institute of Architecture.
During World War II he served in the Soviet Army.
In November 1951 he ordained deacon and then priest in the appointment of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Leningrad. As a member of the building committee of the Leningrad diocese. In 1958 he graduated from the correspondence section of the Leningrad Theological Academy with the title of Candidate of Theology.
June 26, 1962 he was tonsured a monk with the name Seraphim in the Pskov-Caves Monastery, on July 1 of the same year elevated to the rank of Archimandrite.
From 8 to 27 February 1968 a temporary administrator of the diocese of Voronezh.
Seraphim (六翼天使) is a Taiwanese power metal band.
Formed in 2001 in the City of Taipei, Taiwan, they recorded their first song "Love Hate" for a demo weeks later, gaining notice and eventually a contract from Magnum Music (Taiwan) in April. Within a month they recorded their first album The Soul That Never Dies (不死魂), which was released in August.
Following the album's release they did a few shows to help promote it, and by November they started writing new material for a second album. In January 2002 they were invited to perform at the Kung-Ming music festival in China. Soon afterwards they began recording their second album, The Equal Spirit (平等精靈). Their debut album also gained a European release through the independent label Arise.
The second album was released in Taiwan on the 10th of September 2002.
After doing one show to promote the album guitarist Dan Chang left the band, and was replaced by Lucas Huang in December. An English version of The Equal Spirit was released on January 2003, and after a European release they participated in Taiwan's Midsummer Night Tour later that year. They released the Chinese Edition of Ai (愛), their third album, by February.
A seraph is a celestial being in Jewish and Christian mythology.
Seraph or its plural seraphim may also refer to:
The monk Seraphim (Storheim), known prior to his October 2015 removal from holy orders as the retired Archbishop Seraphim of Ottawa, (born Kenneth William Storheim on 25 January 1946) is a former senior hierarch for the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). In 2014, a Canadian court convicted Storheim of child molestation. In 2015, he was deposed from the clergy by the Holy Synod of the OCA and returned to lay monk status.
Kenneth William Storheim was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada of Norwegian and Scottish ancestry, and was raised as a Lutheran. Receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Alberta, Storheim also studied at the Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia and was ordained as an Anglican vicar. He converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in 1978, taking the name of Saint Seraphim of Sarov. He then attended St. Vladimir's Seminary in Crestwood, New York, where he was ordained in 1981.
Storheim lived at New Valamo Monastery in Finland and spent several years serving as an OCA parish priest throughout Canada and the United States. He was consecrated as auxiliary bishop of Edmonton in 1987, and became Bishop of the Diocese in 1990. He was elevated to the rank of archbishop at the 2007 meeting of the Holy Synod. As secretary of the Holy Synod of the OCA, Storheim served in a number of administrative capacities for the Holy Synod, and also traveled extensively in Russia, Ukraine, the Middle East, and Europe. On September 4, 2008, the Holy Synod of the OCA named Storheim the administrator of the Metropolitan's See (as Secretary to the Holy Synod) to assist Metropolitan bishop Dmitri who was appointed locum tenens.