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Elder Filimon on silent preaching at Mount Athos
What the video says
Two monks from Mount Athos, an elder and his disciple, went to the shore, walked, and returned to the Holy Mountain. The disciple tells the elder they came to preach and they have done so.
He explains that a simple, humble, dignified, pious monk does not have many words. He cites a poet in Thessaloniki who says "gather many words, do not anger, silence."
Words are many but without inner experiences they are empty. A person who has something to say often conveys it through silence.
Key moments
- Two monks from Mount Athos, an elder and his disciple, go to the shore and walk back.
- The disciple says they came to preach and they have done it.
- A simple, humble, dignified, pious monk does not have many words.
- He quotes a poet in Thessaloniki: "gather many words, do not anger, silence."
- Words are many but without inner experiences they are empty.
- A person who has something to say often gives it through silence.
The post shares a video from the YouTube channel DIMITRIS APOSTOLOU featuring Gerontas Filimon, a righteous elder of the Holy Monastery of Pantokratoros Skete of Prophet Elijah on Mount Athos. In the video, two monks, an elder and his disciple, go to the shore, walk, and return to the Holy Mountain. The disciple tells the elder they came to preach and have done so.
The elder explains that a simple, humble, dignified, pious monk does not have many words. He cites a poet in Thessaloniki who says "gather many words, do not anger, silence." Words are many but without inner experiences they are empty. A person who has something to say often conveys it through silence.
Main points
- Two monks from Mount Athos, an elder and his disciple, go to the shore and walk back.
- The disciple says they came to preach and they have done it.
- A simple, humble, dignified, pious monk does not have many words.
- He quotes a poet in Thessaloniki: "gather many words, do not anger, silence."
- Words are many but without inner experiences they are empty.