Seraphim’s love for the Lord, a fiery zealot,/ and Jeremiah, for a people weeping,/ a zealous imitator,/ all-blessed father Silouan,/ you call to Matera the Lord with strength,/ you wisely vomited out the sinful serpent,/ and you withdrew to Mount Athos from the vanity of the world,/ where in labors and prayers with tears/ the grace of the Holy Spirit abounded having acquired, / our hearts are set on fire / and with you we tenderly cry out to strengthen: / My Lord, my Life and Holy Joy, / / save the world and us from all evil ones.
Confessor of humility of mind, / and kindness warmed by the Holy Spirit, / O beloved Silvana of God, / the Russian Church rejoices in your struggle, / the foreigners of the Mountains Athonite and all Christian people, / joyfully, with filial love, rush to God. / Pray for us, like an angel who knows God, / so that we may be saved, in burning love for you imitating.
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 in the earthly vertograd, where the chosen one of God about our sins, the merciful and long-suffering being of God, beg God not to remember our untruths and iniquities, but, in an unspeakable way the goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ, to graciously 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 Sorrows Athos and its God-loving desert dwellers will be preserved in the world from all troubles and slander of the enemy, and may the saints be delivered from evil by the Angels and strengthened by the Holy Spirit in faith and brotherly love, until the end centuries for the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church they say prayers and show everyone the path of salvation, so that the earthly and heavenly Church continually praises 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 malice and lawlessness do not harden the hearts human, wanting to destroy the love of God in men and cast them into godless enmity and fratricide, but in the power of Divine love and truth, as in Heaven and on earth yes Hallowed be the name of God, may His holy will be done to man, and may peace and the Kingdom of God reign on earth. So also for your earthly fatherland, the Russian land, ask, O saint of God, the longed-for peace and Heavenly blessing, in the same way, with an omnipotent omophorion to the Mother of God covered, he will be delivered from famine, destruction, cowardice, fire, sword, invasion of foreigners and internecine warfare and from all enemies visible and invisible, and so it will be for him until the end of the age to the most holy house of the Most Blessed Mother of God, the Cross of life-giving power, and the unfailing love of God to be established.
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 the All-Bountiful God ours, that with His omnipotent Divine grace He may visit and revive our souls and may abolish all malice and worldly pride, despondency and negligence in our hearts. We also pray for us, too, to be strengthened by the grace of the All-Holy Spirit and warmed by the love of God, in love of mankind and brotherly love, humility and prayerful intercession for each other and for everyone, in truth Be strengthened by God, and be strengthened in the gracious love of God, and draw closer 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.
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 work Called to the heliport, with tenderness we now bow the knees of our hearts and cry out to you: bring our prayer to the All-Merciful God and ask 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, zeal in prayer; 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 you down May the storm of our passions and the cold fire of our hearts warm our hearts and thus enable us to offer warm repentance with tears to Him, and the toils and sorrows of this life bear patiently, resignedly and with gratitude, and at the hour of our departure from earthly life, may He plunge the abyss of our sins into the sea of His mercy and have mercy on us for His ineffable sake love for the human race and may he be honored in the Kingdom of Heaven to enjoy His Divine love together with you and all the saints, forever and ever.
Amen.
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.