A Hesychast from the Holy Mountain in the Heart of a City

Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia

by Athanasios N. Papathanasiou

Elder Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia (1906-1991), was formally glorified as a saint in November 2013, has long been acknowledged and recognized as a luminary and spiritual guide with the special grace of “clear sight”. His life was particularly re markable in that he lived it in both ascetic fastnesses and urban contexts. This short study of his life and teaching is “an exercise in encounter with the present”. The author takes into consideration present realities and conditions, both in the Church and society, and in the light of theology understood as a living discipline endeavours to determine certain especial qualities of the saint, drawing particularly on the saint’s own words as recorded in “Wounded by Love: The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios”. His insights and interpretations have an immediacy and freshness of singular relevance to our perception of what constitutes a holy personage in the modern world and point to how we can reorient our thinking accordingly.

Cover type: Soft
45 pages
Edition #1 published in 2014 by Denise Harvey.
ISBN: 978-960-7120-35-9