Showing posts with label Saint Ambrose of Optina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saint Ambrose of Optina. Show all posts
Saturday, June 6, 2026

On Tears Before Cleansing from Passions

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Venerable Ambrose of Optina. From Letter 391.  St. Ambrose of Optina (1812 - 1891) You also write that Peter Damascene confused you w...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

Venerable Ambrose of Optina on Confession

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From the letters of the Venerable elder Ambrose of Optina. St. Ambrose of Optina It is useful to confess everything with self-reproach,...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

About the Temptations During the Jesus Prayer

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Letters of St. Ambrose of Optina. Letter 373. Saint Ambrose of Optina The enemy confuses you with various perplexities. The Holy Fat...
Friday, August 2, 2013

Temptation Because of Concealment of Thoughts

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From the living of St. Ambrose of Optina. Shortly before his death the elder Ambrose said to another monastery monk Paulinus: "For...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

On Unceasing Prayer in a Dream

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Letters of St. Ambrose of Optina. Letter 294. Unauthorized teaching of others and arrogance lead to temptations. Saint Ambrose of Opt...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

False Joy

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Letters of Saint Ambrose of Optina. Praise and thanksgiving to the Lord for due to all-powerful petitions and prayer intercession of O...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012

A Nun Started to Cure a Possessed Woman

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The Letters of Saint Ambrose of Optina. You still worry about one of your letters thinking that I haven’t received it, while it contain...

Delusive Visions Due to the Wrong Way of Prayer

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The Letters of Saint Ambrose of Optina. On the harmful effects of improper prayer, and that the inconceivable Divinity should not be ima...

Expectation of Receiving Divine Gifts on Archangel Michael Feast

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The Letters of Saint Ambrose of Optina. You are writing that on the eve of Archangel Michael Feast, a fiendish thought came to you, pro...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Fear During Divine Service Because of Unconfessed Sins

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The Letters of Saint Ambrose of Optina. Saint Ambrose of Optina I have received your letter dated 30 September. You write about yourself in...
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Fight with Sensual Thoughts Because of Unconfessed Sins

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The Letters of Saint Ambrose of Optina. You are bothered with inappropriate fleshly lusts. When you should have a spiritual benefit, the D...

The Bodies of Sinners May Remain Non-decomposed Because of Unrepentant Sins

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The Letters of Saint Ambrose of Optina. In one letter you mentioned that you had a discussion with NN about relics and some bodies of the ...