Klitos Ioannidis: Elder Porphyrios, book 1 (translated from the Greek)

Along with Elder Porphyrios' life, this book also contains testimonies and experiences of his spiritual children.

“…The Elder taught that the basic element of the spiritual life in Christ, the great mystery of our faith, is unity in Christ. It is that sense of identifying with our brother, of carrying the burdens of one another, of living for others as we live for ourselves, of saying "Lord Jesus Christ have mercy upon ME" and for that "ME" to contain and to become for ourselves the pain and the problems of the other, of suffering like they suffer, of rejoicing like they rejoice, their fall becoming our fall and their getting up again becoming our (personal) getting up again…”