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January 12, 2013

Elder Porphyrios: "Everyone Back! Everyone Back!"



This recording of Elder Porphyrios has particular relevance for the chaos we are currently living in. Below is the Greek with my English translation:

«Μπορεί όμως, με το σχέδιο του Θεού, να έρθει, να έρθει ώστε οι άνθρωποι να αποκτήσουν μία επίγνωση, να ιδούνε το χάος ολόφωτο, ολοζώντανο μπροστά τους, να πούνε: Έεε! Πέφτουμε στο χάος, χανόμαστε. Όλοι πίσω, όλοι πίσω, γυρίστε πίσω, πλανηθήκαμε. Και να έρθουνε πάλι στο δρόμο του Θεού και να λάμψει η Ορθόδοξος πίστις. Αυτό εμείς επιδιώκομε και έτσι θέλομε τα πράγματα σιγά σιγά να γίνουνε με τη Χάρη του Θεού. Ο Θεός εργάζεται μυστικά. Δεν θέλει να επηρεάσει του ανθρώπου την ελευθερία. Τα φέρνει έτσι και σιγά-σιγά, σιγά σιγά πάει ο άνθρωπος εκεί που πρέπει.»

"Perhaps however, according to God's plan, it will come so that the people will gain an insight, to see the chaos fully bright and fully alive in front of them. To say: 'Oh! We are falling into chaos, we are lost. Everyone back, everyone back, turn back, we have become deluded.' And they will return back to the path of God and the Orthodox faith will brighten. This is what we ask for and this is how we want things, slowly-slowly, to happen by the Grace of God. God works in secret. He does not want to affect human freedom. He brings these things and, slowly-slowly, slowly-slowly, man goes where he must be."
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