Father Lefteris Kapsomenos (1923-1981) of Crete had a spiritual experience with Saint Seraphim of Sarov, without having previously heard anything about him.
One night, the Elder saw in his sleep that he was in a wild and inhospitable landscape, where he was wandering in fear. Suddenly, an immeasurably deep cliff opened up before him, where black, ugly and horrible-looking goats were climbing up and down, watching him mockingly, ready to push him into the abyss. Desperate, he turned around, looking for help.
And then a monk appeared, with a parting in the middle of his straight white hair and extended his hand to him, saying:
"Come, we will cross the cliff together."
Papa-Lefteris trusted him, but he dared to ask:
"Who are you, Elder?"
And the monk was illuminated with an unearthly light and said to him:
"I am Seraphim," and he disappeared, along with the dream that ended, leaving in the soul of the still young priest, an indescribable joy and a sense of confidence in the face of the already existing problems, ecclesiastical and personal, but especially in those that suddenly arose in his later short life.
Source: Translated by John Sanidopoulos.
One night, the Elder saw in his sleep that he was in a wild and inhospitable landscape, where he was wandering in fear. Suddenly, an immeasurably deep cliff opened up before him, where black, ugly and horrible-looking goats were climbing up and down, watching him mockingly, ready to push him into the abyss. Desperate, he turned around, looking for help.
And then a monk appeared, with a parting in the middle of his straight white hair and extended his hand to him, saying:
"Come, we will cross the cliff together."
Papa-Lefteris trusted him, but he dared to ask:
"Who are you, Elder?"
And the monk was illuminated with an unearthly light and said to him:
"I am Seraphim," and he disappeared, along with the dream that ended, leaving in the soul of the still young priest, an indescribable joy and a sense of confidence in the face of the already existing problems, ecclesiastical and personal, but especially in those that suddenly arose in his later short life.
Source: Translated by John Sanidopoulos.