Yes this thread is getting greatly complex !
Responding to H. above from July 17, you are quite RIGHT. It's elder Sophrony for whom I really don't care, due to the strong World Orthodox association of the latter's skete in Essex.
In fact, I was the forum member who stumbled upon Elder Silouan's 80th anniversary on Sept 24, 2018.
I had been reading about Elder Silouan [because of this controversy, in fact] and suddenly realized he had reposed on that very day, Sept 24 ; thus 2018 was a big anniversary year for him. Here is the thread :
https://www.euphrosynoscafe.com/forum/v ... +24#p74016
Nobody else had noticed it, at least not here on our forum. A few outside sources did, but most people today in the West pay less attn to anniversaries of repose, it seems ? Anyone notice that ?!
Anyway, i just reread about Elder Silouan and I can't say exactly that I am against him. It's just that i don't see him as different from any other strict ascetic at St Panteleimon's on Mt Athos.
In the foreground, silver reliquary containing Elder Silouan's head at the
Church of the Intercession of Our Lady at St Panteleimon's Monastery, Mt Athos
I don't see any reason for Elder Silouan's glorification just because his disciple Sophrony moved to England and promoted his elder to the Western world ! I feel there were so many other Athonite monks who were very ascetic but didn't have that advantage to become well-known outside Mt Athos in the earlier years of the XX century.