Holy prayers of St. Silouan, the magnificent Athonite monk of the 20th century, and St. Sophrony, spiritual son of St. Silouan and blessed founder of St. John the Baptist Monastery in Essex, England. These two Saints are known throughout the world for their depth of true theology and experience of the Uncreated Light. Their prayers…


Holy prayers of St. Silouan, the magnificent Athonite monk of the 20th century, and St. Sophrony, spiritual son of St. Silouan and blessed founder of St. John the Baptist Monastery in Essex, England. These two Saints are known throughout the world for their depth of true theology and experience of the Uncreated Light. Their prayers are marked with the love and grace of the Holy Spirit. This video presents the very prayers of these Saints and is released on the eve of the first Feast Day of the recently canonized St. Sophrony. Let us open our hearts to God and ask that we may be united to Him as these two men perfectly are in Heaven.

St. Silouan (Feast: 9/24, +1938):
0:12 Holy Prayers of St. Silouan
17:40 Prayer to the Virgin Mary
18:45 “Keep thy mind in hell and despair not”
20:35 Adam’s Lament (Abridged)
27:31 Prayer to St. John of Kronstadt

St. Sophrony (Feast 7/11, +1993):
31:59 Holy Prayers of St. Sophrony
32:13 Prayer at Daybreak

This video does not include all prayers of these two Saints. More are contained in the books mentioned below and more are likely not formally published. Many times, especially for St. Silouan, it is very difficult to identify where a prayer ends and teaching or reflection begins.

Sources for Prayers:
-St. Silouan: St. Silouan the Athonite by Archimandrite Sophrony (svspress.com)
-St. Sophrony: His Life is Mine (svspress.com), We Shall See Him As He Is (sthermanmonastery.com), On Prayer (svspress.com)

Music: Kyrie Eleison by Monastery Choir of St. John of San Francisco
Nature Videos were filmed by Timothy Honeycutt in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

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