Wounded by Love: The Life and the Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios

Publication Data: Limni, Greece: Denise Harvey (Publisher), 2011
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: xiv + 253
Dimensions (l × w × h): 22.0 cm × 13.4 cm × 1.8 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 978‒960‒7120‒19‒9

   
edited from an archive of notes and recordings by the Sisters of the Holy Convent of Chrysopigi

“The contents of this book come from an archive of notes and recordings compiled by two women who knew Elder Porphyrios for a period of more than three decades. Throughout this time they kept a record of his conversations, his reminiscences and his words of spiritual guidance. When, some ten years after the elder’s death, these two women became nuns at the convent of Chrysopigi in Chania in western Crete, the archive was placed at the disposal of the convent. Under the guidance of the abbess of the community, Mother Theoxeni, the material that had been collected was carefully transcribed and edited in such a way as to allow Elder Porphyrios to speak for himself. The prime concern was to present the words exactly as spoken, preserving their immediacy and authenticity. At the same time, however, the material, often collected at very diverse times and in different contexts, was arranged into chapters according to subject matter in order to make it more accessible.”
—“NOTE ON THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION”

CONTENTS

   Note on the English Translation
   Biographical Note
PART ONE: THE LIFE OF ELDER PORPHYRIOS
   The Path to the Holy Mountain
   The Holy Mountain – Kavsokalyvia
   Evia
   The Polyclinic Hospital in Athens
   Saint Nicholas at Kallisia
   The Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration at Milesi
   Kavsokalyvia – 1991
PART TWO: THE WISDOM OF ELDER PORPHYRIOS
   On the Church
   On Divine Eros
   On Prayer
   On Spiritual Struggle
   On the Monastic Life
   On the Mystery of Repentance
   On Love for One’s Neighbour
   On Divine Providence
   On the Upbringing of Children
   On Dispositions of the Heart
   On Creation
   On Illness
   On the Gift of Clear Sight
APPENDIX
   Saint John the Hut-dweller
   The Skete of Kavsokalyvia
   Map of Evia and Attiki
   Map of Mount Athos