Sts. Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia and
Paisios the Athonite
The relationship between Sts.
Porphyrios and Paisios was one of love and spiritual communication. Once, St.
Paisios came to the little cell that St. Porphyrios had at first, and after
they said whatever they said, St. Paisios left.
Then I went there, full of curiosity,
to St. Paisios and told him: "What did you talk about, Elder? What did you
discuss?"
He told me with disarming simplicity:
"Eh, the 'Lord Jesus Christ... [i.e. the Jesus Prayer]"
I expected them to discuss the 666,
the 12 bishops, or various ecclesiastical topics. But they prayed together.
They found an opportunity to pray together, to "breathe together" in
prayer.
(from Georgios Arvanitis, from the
book, "O Dikos mou Paisios, by Antoni Makatouni and Kosta Pappa )
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