ELDER PORPHYRIOS

Testimonies and Experiences

 

 

By Klitos Ioannides

 

Translated from the 5th Greek (revised) Edition

Published by the Holy Convent of the Transfiguration of the Saviour - Athens 1997

 

(With the kind permission of the Holy Convent to post the book in electronic form)

 

Contents

• Acknowledgements - Comments

• Introductory Note - A few words about the 3rd Edition

• Prologue to the 2nd Edition - Preface to the 1st Edition

• What is an Elder?

• Short Biography

• The Farewell letter of Elder Porphyrios

• A text that the Elder loved - An Announcement

• A taperecording of a teaching from Elder Porphyrios - Another announcement

Conversations with Greek and Cypriot friends

• Hieromonk Athanasios

• Protopresbyter George Metallinos

• Presbyter George C. Evthimiou

• Archmandrite Daniel Gouvalis

• Archmandrite Ioannikios Kotsonis

• Monk Moses

• Monk Nicodemus Bilalis

ELDER PORPHYRIOS – PROPHET OF OUR TIME

• Stavros Kalkandes

• Panagiotis Sotirchos

• N.N.

• Andreas Tyllirides

• H.H.

• George Demetriou

• Elder Sophrony

• Archmandrite Paul

Talks about Elder Porphyrios

• Metropolitan Irenaeus

• Constantine Scouteris

• Panayiota Ghika-Doitsini

They wrote about Elder Porphyrios

• George Papazahos

• Alexander M.Stavropoulos

• Nikos Zias

• Constantine Gregoriades

• Evangelos Karademos (Poem)

Elder Porphyrios as I knew him

• Fr. Michael Michael

• Theodora Solomonidou

• Mary Kontogianni-Ioannidou

 

Accounts about Elder Porphyrios

• Elder Porphyrios' conversations with Cypriots

• Elder Porphyrios' own accounts

• An Anthology of Elder Porphyrios' Conversations with his spiritual children

 

Instead of an Epilogue

 

A Few Words about the Author