Changes

Jump to: navigation, search

Silouan the Athonite

41 bytes added, 03:51, July 14, 2007
m
cats, some standardizing and proofing
[[Image:silouantheathonite.jpg|'''St Silouan the Athonite'''|thumb|left]][[Image:silouanicon.jpg|'''[[Icon ]] of St Silouan the Athonite'''|thumb|right]]'''Saint Silouan''', was born Simeon Ivanovich Antonov in 1866, of to Russian Orthodox parents who came from the village of Sovsk in Russia's Tambov region. At the age of twenty-seven he left his native Russia and came to the [[monasticism|monastic]] region of Greece called [[Mount Athos]] , where he became a [[monk]] at the [[Philotheou Monastery (Athos)|Monastery of St. Panteleimon]] and was given the name '' 'Silouan' '', (the Russian version of the [[Bible|Biblical ]] name Silvanus.)
An ardent [[ascetic]], he received the grace of unceasing [[prayer ]] and saw [[Christ]] in a vision. After long years of spiritual trial, he acquired great [[humility ]] and inner stillness. He prayed and wept for the whole world as for himself, and he put the highest value on love for enemies. Thomas Merton has , a twentieth-century [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] monk, described Silouan as β€œthe most authentic monk of the twentieth century.” St Silouan died on [[September 24]], 1938. His memory is celebrated on September 24the same day.
Though barely literate, he was sought out by pilgrims for his wise counsel. His writings were edited by his disciple and pupil, [[Archimandrite Sophrony]]. Father Sophrony has written the life of the saint along with a record of St. Silouan's teachings in the book ''Saint Silouan the Athonite''.
===References===*''Saint Silouan the Athonite '' by [[Archimandrite Sophrony]] . Publisher: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press . ISBN-10: 0881411957 .
===External links===
*[http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/Holy_Fathers/St._Silouan_the_Athonite/index.shtml Photographs of Saint Silouan the Athonite]
*[http://silouan.narod.ru/indexe.html Silouan the Athonite]
*[http://www.philthompson.net/pages/about/silouan/ St Silouan the Athonite]
 
[[Category:Saints]]
[[Category:Russian Saints]]
[[Category:Monastics]]

Navigation menu