Overcoming the earthly attraction, or "What a cheap priest!" Comp. Skorobotko N.V.

The saint, which is discussed in this book, was an old man-mentor of monks and laity- the famous monastery of Optina desert. From all over Russia, people and ranks went here for prayer help and spiritual instructions.

fourteen elders of the monastery were considered by the Church by the clique of the saints, and Father Ambrose occupies a special place among them. Optina of the deserts of the time of St. Ambrose rightly called "the hottest bonfire, which all of Russia was warm." The famous Orthodox world of the elder.