He was born on September 17, 1979, in Sydney, Australia, to parents father Veljko and mother Janja (née Vukanović).
After graduating from the Moscow Theological Academy in 2009, he continued his scientific training there by writing a candidate's dissertation on the topic of Anthropology of the Venerable Justin Popović.
He was ordained a monk by Bishop Milutin (Knežević) of Valjevo in the rank of Little Schema, on December 18, 2010, on the day of Saint Sava the Consecrated in the Pustinja monastery.
In 2012, he enrolled in master's studies at the Greek Theological Faculty of St. Andrew the First Called under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in his hometown of Sydney.
[1] At the end of 2015, Bishop Milutin of Valjevo appointed Father Siluan as the archbishop's deputy.