Icons of Elders Paisios the Athonite and Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia: two spiritual giants of the 20th century (though not yet officially canonized)
A spiritual meeting between Elders Paisios and Porphyrios
Elder Porphyrios relates: Once on the Holy Mountain, I was traveling by tractor with Fr. Paisios. The two of us were saying the [Jesus] prayer mystically. Our souls were united. At a certain point, he got off and we continued. Oh, then you should have seen it! As he was leaving, he rushed towards me and embraced me noetically. You should have seen this unification of souls. You can love others spiritually, and embrace them and feel them, though they are still far away.
