Saint Silouan the Athonite 20th Century Saints The cross represents faith

The cross represents faith

His glorification in the Orthodox Church was announced by His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew in 2019

Where fellowship is more than a covered-dish supper in the church basement

" -Saint Paisios

no one knows exactly when

Saint Silouan the Athonite 20th Century Saints The cross represents faithIn the autumn of 1892, a young Russian peasant named Simeon from the province of Tambov was drawn to that ancient repository of Orthodox spirituality, Mt Athos. He had done his military service and now came to the Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon, to embark on long years of spiritual combat lasting until his death in 1938. Although he was unlearned and ignorant in the ordinary sense, tireless inner strivings gave him authentic personal experience