Vasileios
Eastern Orthodox Christian
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It was Saint Porphyrios. Contrary to what the poster said and from what I remember, Saint Paisios accepted the correction with humility and thanked him. The subject was to stop speaking about the Antichrist and try to bring people to Christ through love rather than fear. (Source)
That's exactly what I thought, I know the issue and it definitely does not support the notion that two charismatic elders say completely contradictory things. In fact Saint Porphyrios did not say that what Saint Paisios was saying was wrong but that it was not beneficial to emphasize it and that it would be detrimental to a lot of people. This was particularly about a text he wrote and some of his visitors started copying and sending around. In the end it was all they could think about and obsessed and indeed the prophecies of Saint Paisios are the only thing that you keep hearing about in secular circles and hyper-nationalists and the like. They don't talk about Christ but the antichrist only. And as you say, Saint Paisios agreed and advised against the constant talking of such matters.
Also, every tabloid just puts his name or picture on the cover of a "news"paper that is worth less than trash and people think that the nonsense they say is what the Saint said, which most of the times are made up
On the other hand though, I have to say, everyone has heard that the saint has said that the Russians will take Constantinople from the Turks and then give it to us (not really willingly), and most make fun of that (kinda less now among certain circles though) and I guess when that comes to pass (because I believe it will and in our lifetime) that should be a great lesson to many.
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