The Pope wanted Elders Paisios and Porphyrios to visit him at the Vatican…how did they respond?

0:00 Beginning
0:21 The Invitation from the Pope and the Elders’ Response
—Commentary by Elder Savvas Hagiorite on the meaning of the Elders' Response—
1:00 The Pope is a heretic
1:56 Not dialogue, but prayer is helpful
2:58 The Pope believes the Orthodox do not possess the truth
3:44 St. Porphyrios: “The attitude of the Pope has always been to subject the Orthodox Church…”

A reading from “Healing the Soul: St. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia as a Model for Our Lives" by Hieromonk Savvas of the Holy Mountain, p. 97-101.

🎧 A reading of "The Orthodox Spirit is the True One - St. Porphyrios":
https://youtu.be/3JgzCGJtfDc
🎧 Ecumenism is "Downright Scum, Spiritual Filth" - St. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia
https://youtu.be/QxFFmBHbFqM
🎧 Original recording of Saint Porphyrios saying the Jesus Prayer:
https://youtu.be/w7XSW7wpCfY?si=w3yUXGV94QMWg4FH
📖 "Wounded by Love: The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios":
https://www.holycross.org/products/wounded-by-love-the-life-and-the-wisdom-of-elder-porphyrios?srsltid=AfmBOoorE21YcZGUDow6RQlSnMJLerM851JSD-JP01Rl_2lvrmd0tO7n
📖 "Healing the Soul: St. Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvia as a Model for Our Lives" here:
https://www.stchrysostomoscrafts.com/old-style-icons
⛪ FIND an Orthodox parish and monastery near you:
https://orthodoxyinamerica.org/
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"A certain American woman, a professor, passed along a message from the Pope to an Orthodox clergyman stating that Elder Paisios and Elder Porphyrios were invited to go to the Vatican. The answer from both was the following: No, we cannot go, because the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope are not ready for us yet. They have way too much pride. Not only do they wish to subjugate us, but they also believe that we do not possess the truth. There is no need for us to go. We will better aid the cause through our prayers.”
—Lisikatos Sotirios, ΧΑΡΙΤΩΜΕΝΕΣ ΔΙΔΑΧΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΕΡΟΝΤΟΣ ΠΑΪΣΙΟΥ [Graced Teachings of Elder Paisios] (Thessaloniki: Palimpsiston Publications, 2004), and http://pigizois.gr/afieromata/paisios/xaritomenes_didaxes.htm
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