Category archives: ELDER PORPHYRIOS
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5 years ago
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An Excerpt from Wounded By Love: The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios
On Dispositions of the Heart
We need always to have thoughts of love for our brothers and sisters
We need to have goodness and love in our soul
Man has such powers that he can transmit good or evil to his environmen... [read more]
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5 years ago
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A teaching from Elder Porphyrios, as originally recorded on tape
During the last years of his earthly life, Elder Porphyrios frequently left the Convent where he was convalescing and went to a remote area in Evia, near the Aegean Sea. He was escorted by one or two people who took care ... [read more]
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A text that Elder Porphyrios loved
Elder Porphyrios persistently taught that our love for our fellow man should be such that we look upon them as we look upon ourselves.
At one time he had asked one of his spiritual children to photocopy the following article of St. Symeon, the New Theologian,... [read more]
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5 years ago
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ELDER PORPHYRIOS
Testimonies and Experiences
The Farewell Letter of Elder Porphyrios
While at the Holy Skete of Kavsokalyvia on Mt. Athos, the Elder Porphyrios had given orders for his grave to be dug.
Through a spiritual child of his, he dictated a farewell letter of advice and forgiv... [read more]
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