Parish Study of St. Silouan the Athonite

September 1, 2023 · Education & Retreats · Parish Office

The parish undertook a study of St. Silouan the Athonite in the fall of 2023, exploring the life and teaching of this 20th-century monk whose writing on humility, love for enemies, and the prayer of the heart has had an outsized influence on modern Orthodox spirituality. Elder Sophrony's biography of Silouan is one of the books that people read and then cannot stop recommending to others, and studying it together in a parish context tends to go deep.