"The Elder advised another person to refuse surgery on the prostate gland in order to avoid the further development of a cancerous tumor there.

"One evening the Elder was talking to a group of visitors on the street. It was about environmental pollution. Turning to the women, Father Porphyrius said: "You, housewives, in order not to get sick, wash fruits and vegetables, and some even wash them with soap. Isn't it?" "Yes, of course," the visitors replied. "But you do not know that evil is contained within," the Elder concluded his conversation.

God's will be done

A patient with cancer in the last stage asked his friend to ask the Elder if he would live. Father Porphyrius did not answer this question. He only said that he was praying to God for the sick man, and sent him a rosary. A few days later, the sick man departed into heaven with a prayer on his lips and a rosary in his hand.

Joy in the Lord will heal you

Once upon a time, the doctor prescribed me one medicine to take daily. Father Porphyrius generally avoided excessive use of medicines. However, despite this, he respected doctors and took medicines as a necessary evil. When he found out what medicine I was taking, he suddenly fell silent and, as it seemed, thought and began to pray. Then he told me, "Stop taking this medicine." This unexpected advice from Father Porphyrius led me to bewilderment, but I decided to obey and do as the Elder said. I stopped taking this medication.

After some time, since the disease did not leave me, I underwent a comprehensive clinical examination. Taking a blessing from my spiritual father, I showed the results of the examination to another doctor, also the spiritual son of my spiritual father. After carefully examining them, the doctor said that in his opinion I should not have used the medicine that I had been using for years, and which I had only recently stopped. He recommended another medicine to me. I began to use it. Then I remembered Father Porphyrius. When I found myself at the Elder's again and told him about my examination and the doctor's advice, he rejoiced and exclaimed: "What are you saying? Have you stopped taking this medication? You see, and science shares my opinion. I'm not a doctor and I don't know how, but the moment you told me about this medication, I knew you needed to stop taking it. As it was revealed to me, so I told you. And you did well to quit that medicine. But now it is necessary for Christ to enter into your soul, so that it is filled with Divine love and joy. Joy in the Lord will heal you. When you are tired, you can take some medicine because of the weakness of the body. You should go through a full confession so that the secret wounds of your soul are healed. This will bring great joy to you and to me. Now I am sick, but God willing, we will meet again." Everything the Elder said made a great impression on me, especially his words: "Joy in the Lord will heal you." It was the first time I had heard of such a joyful prospect of treatment. After all, we are not talking about traditional methods of treatment, but about healing not only the body, but also the soul.

Suicide

Surround her with your fervent prayers

The Elder advised the parents of a girl who attempted suicide to carefully surround her with especially fervent prayers. Pray for her as much as possible. They followed his advice, and the situation was corrected.

Change the environment

The Elder advised one girl who attempted suicide to change her environment, which had a negative influence on her. He advised her to get acquainted with believing girls, conversations with whom would give her pleasure, with whom she could go to church for services, make pilgrimages. In addition, Father Porphyrius instructed a pious girl, who often visited him, to be the first to take the initiative and get to know the unfortunate woman.

Salvation from suicide