Troparion, voice 2*
Seraphim’s love for the Lord, an ardent zealot,/ and Jeremiah, for a people weeping,/ a zealous imitator,/ all-blessed Father Silouan,/ you call upon the Mother of the Lord of strength, listen,/ serpent sin You wisely vomited out your manhood, / and you retreated to Mount Athos from the vanity of the world, / where in labors and prayers with tears / the grace of the Holy Spirit was abundantly acquired, / our hearts were set on fire / and with you we tenderly cry out to strengthen: / My Lord, Holy to my Life and Joy Aya, // save the world and us from all kinds of evil ones.
Translation: A fiery zealot of the Seraphim's love for the Lord, and of Jeremiah, for a people weeping, a zealous imitator, all-blessed Father Silouan, you, heeding the call of the Mother of the Lord of hosts, cast out the sinful serpent with prudent courage, and withdrew to Mount Athos from the vanity of the world, where in labors and through prayers with tears I have abundantly acquired the grace of the Holy Spirit, with which I have ignited our hearts and humbly strengthened them with you: “My Lord, my Life and Holy Joy, save the world and us from all disasters.”
Kontakion, voice 2*
Confessor of humility of mind, / and kindness warmed by the Holy Spirit, / O beloved Silvanus of God, / the Russian Church rejoices in your labors, / the foreigners of Mount Athos and all Christian people, / rejoicing, rush to God with filial love. / Pray for Him also, equal to the angel who knows God, // in the hedgehog we can be saved, imitating you in the burning of love.
Translation: Amazing confessor of humility and love for mankind, beauty warmed by the Holy Spirit, beloved by God Silouan, the Russian Church rejoices over your feat, while the monks of Mount Athos and all Christians, rejoicing, rush to God with filial love. Pray to Him for us, Equal-Angel Knower of God, for our salvation, imitating you in the burning of love.
Prayer 1*
Oh, wonderful servant of God, Father Silouan! By the grace given to you by God, to pray tearfully for the entire universe, the dead, the living and the future, do not keep silent for us to the Lord, who fervently come to you and tenderly ask for your intercession. Move, O all-blessed One, to prayer the fervent Intercessor of the Christian race, the Most Blessed Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, who miraculously called you to be a faithful worker in Her earthly work. where God’s chosen one beseeches God for our sins to be merciful and long-suffering, so as not to remember our untruths and iniquities , but, by the ineffable goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to spare and save us according to His great mercy. To her, O saint of God, with the Most Blessed Lady of the world, the Most Holy Abbess, and the holy ascetics of Her earthly lot, ask the saints for the Most Holy Word of the Holy Mount Athos and the God-loving desert dwellers will be preserved in the world from all troubles and slander of the enemy, and the angels of the saints will be delivered from evils by the Spirit We strengthen the saints in faith and brotherly love, until the end of the century, about the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, praying and showing everyone the path of salvation, may the Earthly and Heavenly Church be continually glorified will praise the Creator and Father of Lights, enlightening and sanctifying the world in the eternal truth and goodness of God. Ask the people of the whole world for a prosperous and peaceful life, a spirit of humility and brotherly love, good morals and salvation, a spirit of fear of God, so that it is not malice and lawlessness that harden the hearts of men, desiring to destroy the love of God in men and cast them into ungodly enmity and fratricide, but in the power of the Divine love and truth, as in Heaven and on earth, hallowed be the name of God, may His holy will be done among men, and may peace and the Kingdom of God reign on earth. So also for your earthly fatherland, the Russian land, ask, saint of God, the longed-for peace and heavenly blessing, in the hedgehog, with the all-powerful omophorion of the Mother of God who covers him, will deliver and from famine, destruction, cowardice, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare, and from all enemy of the visible and invisible, and so will he, until the end of time, be the most holy house of the Most Blessed Mother of God, the Cross giving life by power, and be established in the unfailing love of God. For all of us, who are immersed in the darkness of sins and warmth of repentance, who have no lower fear of God, and who constantly offend the Lord who loves us immeasurably, ask, O all-blessed one, from our All-Bounteous God, for your with the omnipotent grace of Divine will visit and revive our souls and all Let him abolish the malice and pride of life, despondency and negligence in our hearts. We also pray for us, strengthened by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit and warmed by the love of God, in love for mankind and brotherly love, humility and prayerful intercession for each other and for everyone, established in the righteousness of God be a child, and be well-behaved in the gracious love of God, and draw near to Him who loves His sons . Yes, so, doing His all-holy will, in all piety and purity, let us walk the path of temporary life without shame and with all the saints of the Heavenly Kingdom and His Lamb marriage we will be made worthy. To Him from all on earth and in Heaven be glory, honor and worship, with His Beginning Father, His Most Holy and Good and Life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Posthumous miracles through the prayers of Silouan of Athos
After the death of Silouan, real miracles began to appear from his relics. After the book about the elder became widely known abroad, many pilgrims began to come to his relics to venerate and pray.
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It is worth noting that under Abbot Makedonov, the head was revealed to people in a very beautiful octagonal cypress ark, washed with rose water. True, there were no relics there. Since the righteous man was canonized only in 1991.
Pilgrims from all over the world reverently venerated the head and read a prayer to St. Silouan of Athos. One day, during Peter's Fast, a Greek came to Mount Athos with a seriously ill 14-year-old boy. The boy was shaking and twitching all over. The father asked to be taken to the head of Elder Silouan of Athos.
At the request of the father, the head of the monk was attached to the head and hands. And they forgot to put it on their feet. A real miracle happened. Those parts that were twitching in the boy were healed. A month later, father and son came to the head again to treat their legs. After applying the head to the feet, they were also healed.
Father Chubar, who became a housekeeper after the saint’s death, more than once recalled how he was saved from premature death by Saint Silouan. This happened when he and his father Kirill bought mullet fish from a fisherman and cooked fish soup. Father Chubar took the head of the fish, after eating it, and went to his cell before the service.
As it turned out later, the fish was poisoned. Since the fisherman used poison to catch it, which was concentrated in the head. In his cell he became very ill, and he understood that due to his poisoning he had very little time to live. But suddenly he saw the doors open and the saint approached him. Silouan of Athos. With the words “What, are you sick?” ran his hand over it.
After which his illness instantly disappeared somewhere, and his father got up and went. But Elder Silouan was no longer in his cell. And the door remained as it was, locked with a hook.
There are a lot of such stories. He helped many people heal from various ailments. He also guided those who had lost their way in life onto the true path. His icon today is one of the most revered among Orthodox believers. And the book about him has been translated into 50 languages and is reread a certain number of times by many believers.
Prayer 2
Oh, wonderful servant of God, like Father Silouan, holy Mount Athos, new lamp, beloved by the Most Holy Theotokos and to be a faithful worker in Her earthly heliport is a prize Bath, with tenderness now we bow the knees of our hearts and cry to you: bring our prayer to the All-Merciful God and ask for everything, for the benefit of our souls and bodies: right faith, undoubted hope, unfeigned love, courage in temptation, patience in suffering and illness, success in piety, success in prayer diligence; Accept our humble prayer, warm us with the breath of your love, illuminate us with the light of the grace given to you and intercede for us with the Lord, pour out your prayer to Him, may he calm the storm of passions May our and cold hearts warm us with the fire of Divine love and thus make us worthy Bring warm repentance to Him with tears, and bear the labors and sorrows of this life patiently, resignedly and with gratitude, and at the hour of our departure from earthly life, the abyss of our sins in the sea of mercy May He immerse Him and have mercy on us for the sake of His ineffable love for the human race and May He make you worthy in the Kingdom of Heaven to enjoy His Divine love together with you and all the saints, forever and ever. Amen.
Christ appeared to Silouan when the monk despaired and lost strength from the attacks of demons
One night, Silouan’s cell was filled with an amazing light.
A gentle voice said: “Accept, this is grace.” Silouan's soul was confused and did not believe these words.
Every subsequent night he saw demons and talked with them. They said: “You are now a saint,” “You will not be saved.”
Silouan asked the demon why they were saying contradictory things. The demon laughed and replied: “We never tell the truth.”
From the attacks of demons, the young novice Silouan was tired, depressed, and his spiritual strength dried up. In despair, he thought: “It is impossible to beg God.”
On the same day, during the evening service, in the Church of the Holy Prophet Elijah, near the icon of the Savior, Silouan saw the living Christ. A feeling of bright joy overwhelmed him. The grace of the Holy Spirit filled the soul and body. Silouan lost strength from what he saw. Jesus disappeared.
The great shrine of Orthodoxy is the miraculous icon of the Savior. The icon is kept in the Russian St. Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos. During prayer to this icon, Jesus Christ appeared to Silouan of Athos
The epiphany of Jesus Christ impressed Silouan so much that all his life he remembered the grace that poured into his soul.
“The Lord loves us so much that we ourselves cannot love so much. All saints, you live in heaven and see the glory of the Lord, and your spirit rejoices... My soul is drawn to see the Lord and misses Him in humility, as unworthy of this good.”
(from the prayer of Silouan of Athos)
Icon “The Appearance of the Lord to St. Silouan” from the Church of St. Silouan of Athos. The miracle of the Epiphany of Jesus Christ to the young novice Silouan is depicted.
Silouan said that God is unconditional love, which is poured out on everything and is known only by the Holy Spirit:
“The Holy Spirit is love; and this love is poured out in all the souls of the holy inhabitants of heaven, and the same Holy Spirit on earth in the souls who love God.”
Silouan taught that true love begins from the fear of God. Fear of the Lord cleanses the soul of a believer, makes it mature and leads to love.
In his old age, Saint Silouan prepared for death and wrote the following lines:
“My soul yearns for God and tearfully seeks Him. Merciful Lord, You see my fall and my sorrow, but I humbly ask Your mercy: pour out the grace of Your Holy Spirit on me, a sinner. The memory of her draws my mind to find Your mercy again.”
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Brief Life
Memorial Day September 11/24
A simple monk from a Russian monastery on Mount Athos. He was honored with a deep feeling of repentance, prayer for Russia and the whole world. They pray to the Monk Silouan for the gift of humility and love for all people, for help in monastic work, for the enlightenment of peoples with the light of the true faith.
Menea. September 11th.
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The Mother of God showed Silouan a dream where a snake crawls into his mouth
Saint Silouan of Athos.
One of the revered Saints in Orthodoxy. A Russian monk who served for half a century in the Patriarchate of Constantinople. This year the Orthodox world celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. Silouan of Athos. The Monk Silouan became a beloved holy elder for thousands of Orthodox Christians.
He was a sincere man, faithful to one idea until the end of his days. The monk went through a difficult path to Holiness.
Siluan (Semyon Antonov) was born on September 24, 1866 near Tambov in a large peasant family. The monk died on September 24, 1938 at the age of 72. Canonized on November 26, 1987.
November 26, 1987
date of canonization of Silouan
The monk was a strong spirit and physically powerful man. A real Russian hero. His character was soft and forgiving.
Little Semyon studied at school for two years. In peasant families, children had no time to study. It was more important to help my parents.
Young Semyon served in a sapper battalion in St. Petersburg. He returned home after the army and began drinking with friends, drinking and getting drunk.
One day he had a dream that a snake was crawling into his mouth. I woke up in horror and heard the beautiful voice of the Mother of God: “Are you disgusted? I also hate to see what you do with your life.” For the rest of his life, the monk thanked the Mother of God for this instruction.
At the age of 26, he left as a pilgrim to the Holy Mount Athos. He became a monk at the Russian Panteleimon Monastery and was named Silouan. There he took a vow of celibacy.
Monk Silouan was a patient and kind man. In the monastery he performed ordinary obedience. He was loved and praised for his hard work and humble nature.
Silouan often prayed to the Mother of God, and received a rare gift from her. The prayer entered his heart and remained there forever. Silouan said: “Praying for people means shedding blood.”
September 24, 1938
the day of the saint's death
