SIGNS OF THE TIMES By Righteous Hieromonk Seraphim Rose

In the following talk, Fr. Seraphim speaks to us from almost twenty years ago, and yet his words are quite relevant to our times as we approach the end of the second millennium. Although some of the individual examples he gives are now dated, there are now even more extreme examples of the same phenomena of which he speaks. As always, he humbles his understanding before the holy Scriptures and their interpretation by the Orthodox Holy Fathers, and thus his teaching about the times remains timeless, free of the intellectual fashions and prejudices of this world. As time goes on, the Orthodox world view from which he received his wisdom will become ever more necessary for the spiritual survival of true Christians.

A talk given at St. Herman's Women's' conference in Redding, California, in the summer of 1980. This talk, which has never before appeared in print, was transcribed from the tape archives of the St. Herman Brotherhood. Fr. Seraphim gave another talk on the same subject in May of 1981, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. That talk, entitled "Signs of the Coming of the End of the World," is available on cassette tape.

1. WHY STUDY THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES?

2. THE SIGNS GIVEN US BY CHRIST

3. THE BASIS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE SIGNS

4. SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT

5. THE DISTORTION OF CHRISTIAN EQUALITY

6. "CHRISTIAN" INTEREST IN UFOs

7. WHY WE MUST HAVE AN ORTHODOX WORLD VIEW

8. A LOOK AT SPECIFIC SIGNS

9. THE GROWING COLD OF LOVE

10. THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM

11. OTHER SIGNS

12. A WARNING TO THOSE ATTRACTED TO GLOOM AND DOOM