From the translator's annotation on the website Elder Porfiry Kavsokalivit is very widely known in Greece. We will not be mistaken if we say that this is one of the most revered elders of the Greek Church. There are about ten books in Modern Greek about Elder Porphyry Kavsokalivt. All books are very different. There is no doubt that the best and most profound book is the publication by Anastasia Dzavara “Memories of Elder Porfiry.” Hereinafter the translation of the names is our own. This book is apparently not published in Russian. The memoirs of Anastasius Dzavara are a golden fund of teachings by Porfiry Kavsokalivit. Anastasios was the elder’s favorite child, and Geronda revealed to him, as we would say, the Secrets of Divine Love. The second most important book is “Elder Porfiry Kavsokalivit Life and words". This is a collection of teachings selected from other memoirs. This book contains the Autobiography of the Elder and some teachings. (However, the translation cannot be considered satisfactory for reasons that can be found out in more detail on the website). The third book, “The Tsvetoslov of Advice,” is also not original. This is a compilation from various publications. If the second book contains the original Autobiography of the Elder, then here it is only a selection of teachings on the basis of a symphony. This book makes a pleasant impression mainly because it contains a lot of advice from the publication by Anastasia Dzavara “Memories of Elder Porfiry.” The book “Tsvetoslov of Advice”, like the second “Elder Porfiry Kavsokalivit. Life and Words”, published by the Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring; the symphony was collected and prepared by nuns. In this regard, I just want remember: Elder Porfiry Kavsokalivit himself said that women and men have too different spiritual paths. What is important for a woman is not always suitable for a man... The fourth book worthy of attention: George Krustallaki “Elder Porfiry - Spiritual Father and Mentor”, this book is also translated into Russian. This is one of the best books about the elder. The book includes original memoirs. We will only briefly mention the remaining books. This is the book of monk Agapius “The Divine Light that Elder Porfiry kindled in my heart”, the book of Yannitsyoti “Near Elder Porfiry”, Ioannidi “Gerondikon”, Hieromonk Damascene “He who is virtuous for the sake of God will be loved by Him...”, Ioannidi “Elder Porfiry”, Anastasia Kaliatsu “Father Porfiry”, “Elder Porfiry” published by the ed. of the apostle Barnabas, and, of course, the book of the hieromonk Christodoulus Agiorita.We decided to make a complete selection of the elder’s teachings, because we do not understand on what basis one teaching can be chosen and another thrown out. This approach surprises us extremely... The translation of all teachings was done by the monk Macarius Kavsokalivit, using, where possible, the existing Russian translation. However, we do not systematize these teachings into a symphony, and even decided not to maintain an exact division into excerpts. The fact is that all the excerpts are too different in volume and information content. And besides, this is ugly and not acceptable for publishing text on the portal. For example, look at the Autobiography: one page contains three paragraphs, and the other contains three sheets. We did not know who compiled the Autobiography and who titled the passages, how it happened, whether the Elder participated in it. That's why we have preserved the tabulation of the original source. But in other cases, such unevenness is quite possible to avoid. We will not provide a quotation either, so as not to confuse the reader with Greek sources. But if anyone wants to read the original text, write - and we will give exact links... (In the electronic edition, the teachings on illness are placed at the end of the book, since illness was not the beginning, but the crown of the asceticism of Father Porfiry) .