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

[edit] External link

British Coptic Orthodox Church website http://www.britishorthodox.org/


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