With Elder Porphyrios: A Spiritual Child Remembers

Elder Porphyrios was a holy man of our time. His life and teaching convey the simple message that “Christ is Everything” and that we are all called to participate in the Life of Christ. We are all called to become holy ourselves, through God’s grace. Elder Porphysios  perhaps seems extraordinary to us, since he approached this calling. Yet, he was in fact, very “ordinary” and simple in the way that he conducted himself and spoke throughout his life. He used very vivid, colloquial speech. In fact, his language is so simple and direct, it may surprise some English speakers. We tend to consign saints to the past, to history and then expect them to speak like characters from Dickensian novels or Shakespearean plays… — Translator’s Preface