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Father Silwanis

 

Father Silwanus

 

Name at Birth: Youssef Takla Narrous Habibsalwany


Date and place of birth: 11/05/1923 AD


Qualification: secondary school diploma 1940


Occupation before monasticism: Head of filters department at Helwan power station


Father of confession before monasticism: Father Ibrahim Attia pastor of the Church of Saint Anthony in Shubra


Health status: diabetic


Date of arrival at the monastery: 7/1970 AD


Date accepted as a student: 3/1971 AD


Date of Monasticism: 3/1971


Date ordained a priest: 6/1972


Date ordained Hegomenos: 1975 AD


Father of confession at the monastery: Father Metaous El Syrian


Duties at the monastery: preparing food for the monks - Secretary of the monastery for 15 years


Service outside the monastery: secretary of Pope Shenouda III from November 1972 till April 1973


Departed in the Lord at 9:30 a.m on Tuesday 03/04/2012 AD The funeral prayer was held by Bishop Hedra( Bishop of Aswan) and Bishop Metaous- Abbot of El Syrian Monastery and Bishop Theophilus (Bishop of the Red Sea) and Bishop Isaac and many monks from different monasteries and was buried at the Monastery Cemetery.

 


Video of his funneral

 

 

  Father Silwanis cries affected by the personality of Youssثب Payambar  
  Father Silwanis sings oh little brother mediate in the way of this life  
  Father Silwanis sings why do you live poor  
  the reason that father Silwanis retards in his entrance to the monastery  
  Father Silwanis was called Youssef, but why did his mother call him Amin  
  How dp father Silwanis know father Thaeofelos and accept him in the monastery