Elder Silouan, a current and universal saint
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This article by Maxime Egger, founder of the Association Saint-Silouane l'Athonite, is drawn from a lecture delivered at the Abbey of Sylvanès in 1995. It offers a study of the figure of Staretz Silouan of Athos (1866-1938) from three complementary angles: the experience of the gift and loss of grace, the interpretation of Christ's words "Keep your mind in hell and do not despair," and prayer for the entire world as an expression of universal compassion. The author shows that this saying of Christ, far from any dolorism, constitutes a therapeutic path against pride, grounded in repentance and hope in divine mercy. The article highlights the universality of the staretz, canonized in 1987 by Constantinople as "apostolic and prophetic doctor of the Church and of the Christian people," whose influence extends well beyond the boundaries of Orthodoxy.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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