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Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Saint Ambrose of Optina was a starets and a hieroschemamonk in Optina Monastery, canonized in the 1988 convention of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.

December 5, 1812 - October 23, 1891

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God Himself heals the proud. This means that inner sorrows (by which pride is healed) are sent to us by God, for the proud man will not suffer anything from others. But the humble person will endure everything, and will always say, 'I deserve this.'

Ambrose of Optina

If you find that you have no love but desire to have it, do the works of love and the Lord will see your desire and effort and put love in your heart.

Ambrose of Optina

Where there is simplicity, there are a hundred Angels, but where there is cleverness - there are none.

Ambrose of Optina

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