Not a defense of Porphyrios by any means, but he was involved with the "Schism of Montaner", he visited Italy and along with bishop Albino Luciani, who later became Pope John Paul I, convinced most of the people of the village of Montaner to join the New Calendarists.
Only difference was Albino Luciani convinced the people of Montaner to become New Calendarists because of how unlikeable he was, whereas Porphyrios was apparently rather likeable.
That story about Porphyrios and the gold doesn't ring true to me.
If it had been, then everyone would have recounted it and the monastery would have preserved the "miracle story" forever after.
Is there any independent source for this account ?
I thought i recognized Bishop Gerasim, formerly of Platina.
I must have said this awhile ago, but he doesn't look at ALL like the same person. Did anyone else notice this ?
Was it joining the OCA that could have done that ?! What a bad choice, just to be made a bishop perhaps.
Not a defense of Porphyrios by any means, but he was involved with the "Schism of Montaner", he visited Italy and along with bishop Albino Luciani, who later became Pope John Paul I, convinced most of the people of the village of Montaner to join the New Calendarists.
Only difference was Albino Luciani convinced the people of Montaner to become New Calendarists because of how unlikeable he was, whereas Porphyrios was apparently rather likeable.
Is there a source on this?
It was mentioned in his official biography the EP put out, at least the English version. I may still have a copy of that somewhere around here. I will reply in a few days if I have it.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."
Okay, so now that all the Putin cough I mean, ortho cough bros are dusting off the same old prophecies, I must say it again explicitly.
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Elder Theodoros Agiofarangitis did not prophesy this in the Lord.
IT IS NOT TRUE. WHAT WAS PREDICTED DID NOT HAPPEN.
The Jews did not attack the nuclear program of Persia overnight this weekend. They--or mostly their American vassals--performed a general strike on the overall leadership and military of the Persians, of every kind of installation and program. An attack on the nuclear program happened LAST YEAR. Knowing that it would eventually happen is also not prophetic power--a brain dead moron could have seen it coming decades ago because they have been campaigning for it the whole time.
Erdogan DID NOT get removed from power at the time of the attack on the nuclear program. He also did not get removed from power shortly before. Ol' dude seems pretty happy to me.
NO events of greater magnitude were initiated by the strike on the nuclear program.
Relations deteriorated, wounds were licked and stockpiles refilled, and indeed the war has only now gone hot. Current events are broadly related to last year's events, but no more than they are to the entire series of events which have been simmering for decades as they built up to the eventual hot war.
You cannot allow someone to make false prophecies about things which are obviously going to get ugly in the medium term, then creatively reinterpret those prophecies AS IF they matched the clearly different events which you see unfold, just because they match those few details which were bleedingly obvious to anyone anyway.
They most certainly do not get to wait for some fraction of the different details to happen, independently and out of order, not linked to each other in the way they were stated to be linked, then claim long after that they came true. That's just a way of obfuscating the fact that they did not come true. I'm 100% certain Erdogan will be out of power eventually--that doesn't make it prophecy.
“When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: THOU SHALT NOT BE AFRAID OF HIM.” --Deutoronomy 18:22 with some emphasis for the slow boys.
Wasn't it the new-calendarist Metropolitan Neophytos of Morfou that was out there promoting this prophecy?
It must be repeated (I've said this before), that this Met. Neophytos of Morphou has shown himself to be completely unreliable and untrustworthy, even completely deluded.
To tell the truth, I can't rule out the possibility of him being a Mason. The secret society, which plans out these sorts of wars and strikes decades in advance (yesterday and today are Purim, you know, when the Jews celebrate getting revenge on their enemies, the Persians), could even possibly supply someone like this metropolitan with inside information in advance about their plans, so he can go out and issue "prophecies" regarding events that have been scripted to come to pass in the future. After having established credibility in the eyes of the people in a cunning manner, when everyone begins to hanker after these pseudo-elders for their "prophetic" insight, then they will endeavor to purposefully mislead folks in some other way.
The following is the sort of delusional stuff coming from this Met. Neophytos. Fr. John (Romanides) was an ecumenist heretic, who had many strange teachings and uttered blasphemies. To call him the last great Greek theologian of the 20th century, is just plain ridiculous.
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[Met. Neophytos]: "Father John Romanides was the last great Greek theologian of the 20th century. He was an academic and ascetic priest, and the manner of his writings reveals a continuity and a knowledge of empirical theology that all faithful men had upon reaching the state of illumination. How could an academic theologian write so clearly on the purification and healing of the nous, if he had not personally experienced purification?"
Here is further evidence of his total delusion (or complete disingenuousness). Met. Neophytos in an interview, dared to say that Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, whom the ROCOR publicly declared to be a KGB agent, reminds him of St. Tarasius or St. Methodius!
Could there not be a clearer contrast between the outlook of (old) ROCOR, and fallen "world Orthodoxy"? Old-ROCOR (pre-submission to Moscow) calls Alexy II a KGB agent, while this new calendarist Cypriot Met. of Morphou compared him to the great sainted patriarchs of old!
"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
"His Holiness Patriarch Alexy of Moscow—I say this with emotion—reminds me of the Byzantine patriarchs after the period of iconoclasm, for example, Saint Tarasius or Saint Methodius, who lived in the ninth century and helped many other Churches, because Byzantium was then a worldwide empire. They helped the Church of Constantinople and many others understand that the icon of God must be glorified, and that if we glorify the icon of God, then man too will have glory and grace both on earth and in heaven. This is precisely what is happening now in the Russian Church. Your Patriarch is a great source of unity for Orthodox bishops and the Russian people. Russia is in dire need of a unifying force. Neither Soviet nor any other ideology can provide such a source of unity, but only the Orthodox faith in its true scope, in its true dimension—without fanaticism, without superstition, and without nationalism. And I think that both your Patriarch and your metropolitans and bishops serve precisely these goals."
Святейший Патриарх Московский Алексий — я говорю об этом с волнением — напоминает мне византийских патриархов после периода иконоборчества, например, святого Тарасия или святого Мефодия, которые жили в IX веке и помогли многим другим Церквям, потому что Византия была тогда была всемирной империей. Они помогли и Константинопольской Церкви, и многим другим понять, что Божия икона должна прославляться, и что если мы прославляем икону Божию, тогда и человек будет иметь славу и благодать и на земле, и на небе. Именно это происходит сейчас в Русской Церкви. Ваш Патриарх является великим источником единства православных епископов и русского народа. Россия крайне нуждается в объединяющей силе. Таким источником единства не может быть ни советская, ни любая другая идеология, но только православная вера в ее истинных масштабах, в ее истинном измерении — без фанатизма, без суеверий и без национализма. И я думаю, что и ваш Патриарх, и ваши митрополиты и епископы служат именно этим целям.
Folks should know, the so-called "Highway of Death" massacre at the end of the Gulf War, during the presidency of George H.W. Bush, was scripted to take place on Purim.
It was on the Jewish feast of Purim, March 17, 2003, that President George W. Bush delivered a televised address from the White House, giving Saddam Hussein and his sons a 48-hour ultimatum to leave Iraq or face a U.S.-led military invasion. The "Shock and Awe" aerial bombing campaign was launched a couple days later, on March 19, 2003 after the conclusion of Purim.
March 19, 2011, Obama authorized 'Operation Odyssey Dawn' NATO airstrikes on Libya, the day Purim began.
The Israeli attack on Iran this past June 12, 2025 (U.S. time), June 13 (local time), was scripted to take place on George H.W. Bush's birthday.
All these wars were planned out decades in advance by the kabbalistic secret society that rules over the world. I've written about them extensively over the years.
These wars, including the present one in Iran, the staged and faked Hamas attack on Israel on Putin's birthday, October 7 (the 22nd anniversary of the commencement of the invasion and war in Afghanistan, October 7, 2001), the war in Ukraine, etc. are all planned out decades in advance by the J-M Sanhedrin.
I have also written previously how the Illuminati script calls for wars to coincide with the Olympic Games. Putin was with Xi and Hu Jintao in China for the Beijing Opening ceremonies on August 8, 2008, watching two thousand and eight Chinamen beating the drums of war, when Medvedev ordered tanks to roll into Georgia.
Putin (back in power after a short hiatus, due to term limits), annexed Crimea in 2014, a few days after the closing ceremonies of the Sochi games.
Putin ordered (at the behest of his Z'st handlers) the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, just four days after the closing ceremony in Beijing.
Trump ordered (at the behest of his Z'st handlers) the war to commence on Iran five days after the closing ceremonies in Italy. Italy has the same colors (green, white, red) on their flag as Iran. The only difference is the orientation (vertical vs. horizontal).
Of course, the locale where the Olympic Games are slated to be held are also decided decades in advance by the secret society (SS), in fitting with their occult agenda.
