Words at the grave of Father Lev Gillet

This article reproduces the address delivered by Father Serge Hackel at the funeral of Father Lev Gillet on 18 March 2000. It is a personal and commemorative testimony, translated from English, which traces the essential spiritual characteristics of this significant figure in twentieth-century Orthodoxy. The central idea is that of silence as a spiritual gift characteristic of Father Lev Gillet: an inner silence nourished by the Jesus Prayer, transmitted through his writings and his presence, and shared across confessional boundaries, notably with the Quakers. The contribution of this text lies in the light it sheds on the ecumenical and interreligious dimension of Father Lev Gillet's work, a discreet yet influential figure whose spiritual and literary legacy continues to speak to believers from various traditions.