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Author: KLITOS IOANNIDIS
3rd edition: 2013
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α. Σὲ ἔντυπη μορφή (Paperback)
β. Σὲ ἠλεκτρονικὴ μορφὴ (Kindle edition)
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DESCRIPTION
“Elder, where can we find the solution to our problems?”
“Only holiness will solve your problems.”
The realm of the sacred and the transcendent, as expressed by that child of God and true man, Elder Porphyrios, belongs to the category of the unbelievable. It can however become believable because, «sin does not prevail where grace abounds”. Elder Porphyrios was a person filled with grace, a bearer of the power of the Holy Spirit, a child of the Kingdom, a genuine and true tree of paradise.
Whoever wishes to speak about the inner spiritual life of a saint, must be a saint himself. We, the writers of this book, are not saints. We are confined to what we saw and what we heard. We are amongst those many others, who, as St. Luke the Evangelist says, have “taken in hand to set in order a narrative.” We are not trying, with our poor and futile speech, to describe the life of a contemporary saint, but rather we are falteringly trying to express our joy in having met a saint; our joy that Christ lives yesterday, today and forever; our joy that holiness is not a thing of the past, that grace can be felt next to us, that our hands touched a “little father” who really lived the expression “I no longer live, for Christ lives in me.”
Until the Lord reveals the servant who was Elder Porphyrios’ eye-witness, who observed him throughout his life and in all his works and will write about his life accurately and fully, we are forgiven. For we have only seen “in part.” We describe, write about and speak of the miraculous things that God did for us through His servant, Porphyrios.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements 11
Introductory note 15
A Few words about the third edition 17
Prologue to the Second Edition 19
Preface to the First Edition 22
What is an Elder? 29
A Short Biography of Elder Porphyrios 35
The farewell letter of Elder Porphyrios 61
A text that Elder Porphyrios loved 63
Announcement from the Elder 64
A teaching from Elder Porphyrios,
as originally recorded on tape. 65
Announcement 71
CONVERSATIONS WITH GREEK
AND CYPRIOT FRIENDS
Hieromonk Athanasios, 75
Protopresbyter George Metallinos 81
Presbyter George C. Evthimiou 97
Archimandrite Daniel Gouvalis 111
Archimandrite Ioannikios Kotsonis 129
Monk Moses 137
Monk Nicodemus Bilalis 141
Elder Porphyrios Prophet of our time 151
Stavros Kalkandes 167
Panagiotis Sotirchos 183
N.N. 197
Andreas Tillyrides 213
H.H. 217
George Demetriou 227
Elder Sophrony 235
Archimandrite Paul, 239
TALKS ABOUT ELDER PORPHYRIOS
about Elder Porphyrios
The Metropolitan of Kydonia and Apokoronos,
Irenaeus and associates 243
Constantine Scouteris 259
Panagiota Ghika-Doitsini 267
THEY WROTE ABOUT ELDER PORPHYRIOS
George Papazahos 279
Alexander M. Stavropoulos 289
Nikos Zias 301
Constantine Gregoriades 311
ELDER PORPHYRIOS: AS I KNEW HIM
As I Knew Him
Fr. Michael Michael 325
Theodora Solomonidou 327
Mary Kontogianni Ioannidou 331
ACCOUNTS ABOUT ELDER PORPHYRIOS
ELDER PORPHYRIOS’ CONVERSATIONS WITH CYPRIOTS
THE ELDER PORPHYRIOS’ OWN ACCOUNTS
AN ANTHOLOGY OF ELDER PORPHYRIOS’ CONVERSATIONS
WITH HIS SPIRITUAL CHILDREN
Instead of an epilogue 383
A few words about the Author 387