Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury
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Abba Seraphim El-Suriani.
Born William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton on 27 Feb. 1948 in London, England.
Metropolitan of Glastonbury and Head of the British Orthodox Church within the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria. In this capacity he is a member of The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
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[edit] Education
St Luke’s College, Exeter; Avery Hill College of Education, London; Teacher’s Certificate, University of London.
[edit] Posts Held
Ordained Deacon at the British Orthodox Church in 1967 then as a priest in 1971, during this time he was Diocesan Secretary between 1968 and 1977 Served as an Assistant Priest in Blackheath London between 1972 and 1977.
Consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop to the Metropolitan of Glastonbury, 1977; succeeded as Metropolitan of Glastonbury in 1979.
Consecrated as a Metropolitan of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate.
In 1994 became a Monk of the Monastery of the Holy Virgin Mary (El-Surian), Wadi El Natrun, Egypt, hence the name Abba Seraphim El-Suriani. and on 19 June 1994 became a Metropolitan by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III.
[edit] Publications
Metropolitan Seraphim has many theological, biographical and historical articles in numerous religious and scholarly journals.He ws also Editor: The Orthodox Catholic Review, between 1967 and 1968 and Glastonbury Review (previously Glastonbury Bulletin) since 1971. In addition to that he published.
Even Good Men, 1971
Julius, Bishop of Iona, 1971
Our Christian Brethren, 1974
The Time of Silence, 1974
The Hamburg Schism, 1974
Fitly Framed Together, 1976
Apostolic and Conciliar Witness (w. Dr. J. E. Pinnington), 1978
Root and Branch, 1992
Evangelism & Youth, 1995
A Victorian Family (2005)
The Terrible Tale of Ex-Monk Widdows (2006)
Flesh of Our Brethren (2006)
[edit] Councils Membership
Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches (Vice-President)
Council of Society of Saint John Chrysostom
Society of Genealogists
Heraldry Society
Kent Family History Society
Kent Archaeological Society
Lewisham Local History Society
Van Cat Club. Recreations: Heraldry
Genealogy
Walking
Book Collecting
Turkish Van Cats
Clubs: Institute of Directors
Royal Over-Seas League
Lansdowne (Mayfair).
Address: 10 Heathwood Gardens, Charlton, London, SE7 8EP.
[edit] See also
- Copts
- Coptic alphabet
- Coptic calendar
- Coptic iconography
- Coptic language
- Coptic music
- Coptic abstinence
- Coptic orphans
- List of Patriarchs of Alexandria – prior to Chalcedon
- List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria - after Chalcedon
- Patriarch of Alexandria
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
- The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
- Oriental Orthodoxy
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- British Orthodox Church
- Christianity in Africa
- Coptic Church in Wales
- St Mary’s and St Abu Saifain’s Coptic Orthodox Church Risca , South Wales.
- Egypt
- The French Coptic Orthodox Church
- Coptic Orthodox Church in UK
[edit] External link
British Coptic Orthodox Church website http://www.britishorthodox.org/
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