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'Wisdom and Wonder' is a book of wisdom chapters in two 'Centuries,' an ancient monastic wisdom genre much loved by the desert fathers. For these elders, wonder is the root and crown of wisdom, not only its origin. In these meditations, the mysteries of glorification and deification are explored from within the Orthodox tradition of wisdom and wonder. Priest-monk Silouan lives in the Monastery of St Antony and St Cuthbert, a hermitage within the Romanian jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church, high up in the south-west Shropshire hills. Fr. Silouan lives alone under the Shepherd's rock on the eastern slopes of the Stiperstones, in an old miner's cottage on a small-holding of twenty acres of pasture and woodland. He lives a life of prayer, silence, liturgy and work in the ancient tradition of orthodox monasticism.

'Wisdom, Prophecy and Prayer,' is a book of gnomic wisdom chapters in three 'centuries' or series of a hundred chapters, revisioning prophecy and prayer in the light of the living transmission of Eastern Orthodox Wisdom in the tradition of the desert. Father Silouan lives in an Orthodox Monastery within the Romanian jurisdiction of the Eastern Church, high up in the south-west Shropshire hills. He lives alone under the Shepherd's Rock on the eastern slopes of the Stiperstones. He lives a life of prayer, silence, liturgy and work in the unbroken tradition of Orthodox monasticism.

Wisdom, Glory and the Name,' is a book of gnomic wisdom chapters in two 'Centuries,' an ancient monastic wisdom genre employed for a millennium, and revered but unused for seven centuries. It completes a Tetralogy of twelve Centuries, beginning with 'Wisdom Songs,' a book of wisdom chapters in five Centuries, 'Wisdom and Wonder,' in two Centuries, and 'Wisdom, Prophecy and Prayer,' in three Centuries. The cycle begins and ends with the Name, and this final volume with the glory of the Name discerned by wisdom. Priest-monk Silouan lives in the Monastery of St Antony and St Cuthbert, a hermitage within the Romanian jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church, high up in the south-west Shropshire hills. Fr. Silouan lives alone under the Shepherd's rock on the eastern slopes of the Stiperstones, in an old miner's cottage on a small-holding of twenty acres of pasture and woodland. He lives a life of prayer, silence, liturgy and work in the ancient tradition of orthodox monasticism. '

'Wisdom Songs' is a collection of five Centuries on the Holy Name, the Song of Songs, Holy Wisdom, the Mysteries of Glory and the Wisdom of Stillness.This ancient monastic wisdom genre was much loved by the desert fathers and hermits of old, nourishing saints and seers for hundreds of years. The crises of the environment, informational technology, interfaith and gender issues all call for wisdom. So it is no surprise to find orthodox wisdom offering ancient remedies to renew the living tradition in order to address the most urgent needs of our time. Priest-monk Silouan lives in the Monastery of St Antony and St Cuthbert, a hermitage within the Romanian jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church. He lives a life of prayer, silence, liturgy and work in the ancient tradition of Orthodox monasticism.