We wrote in the Foreword of our Series titled "Contemporary Elders" the following: "Because in its two-thousand-year journey, the Church of Christ has always had saints in its ranks, we accept without the slightest doubt that even in our times, saints live and are revealed. Only, according to Orthodox order, this is certified Synodically. 

For this reason, Christians should avoid exaggerations regarding contemporary Elders. Let them not hasten to proclaim them as saints without authority, calling them so, or creating their icons and placing a halo around their heads. Let them imitate their lives, apply their enlightened words, and pray that our Church, when the fullness of time comes, will include them in the choir of saints." 

And the fullness of time did not delay for Elder Porphyrios, since 22 years after his blessed repose (2.12.1991), the Ecumenical Patriarchate, by Patriarchal and Synodical Act, "recorded in the Hagiologion of the Orthodox Church the hieromonk Porphyrios, the Kavsokalyvite" [...] (From the edition) Birth and difficult childhood Towards Mount Athos. Two failed and one successful attempt In the Skete of Kavsokalyvia (1918-1925) He receives the gift of prayer and insight before returning to the world Fifteen years in Evia (1925-1940) Athens Polyclinic: Close to human pain (1940-1973) At Saint Nicholas of Kallisia, Penteli The dream comes true: He builds a Monastery in Milesi His spiritual testament His blessed repose (2.12.1991) CANON OF SUPPLICATION TO SAINT PORPHYRIOS