Sfântul Siluan Athonitul şi schitul Vechiul Russikon
Saint Silouan the Athonite and the Old Russikon Skete

Summary/Abstract: Through this study I tried to establish the chronological order of some of the most important events of Saint Silouan’s life in the Holy Mountain: the vision of Christ, the seclusion to the Old Russikon hermitage, the reception of the words “Keep your mind in hell and do not despair!”. His seclusion to the Old Russikon, wishing to live as a hesychast, took place somewhere between 1899-1900. But it was God’s will for him to return to the monastery, where he would resume his obedience as a treasurer, which he had left out of a desire to find more peace for prayer and to regain lost grace. Giving up his will, he discovers that the peace he has now received is far greater than the peace he sought in Old Russikon. That is why surrendering to God’s will becomes one of the central themes of his spirituality. He will regain grace not in the wilderness, but in the midst of the large community of the monastery. In my research, I discovered that one of St. Silouan’s brothers, Luka Ivanovich Antonov, came to the monastery and stayed there for more than a year and a half.

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