Indawo ekhethekile phakathi kwabadala be-Optina ihlala iMonk Ambrose, “I-Elder Ambrosim,” njengoba ayebizwa kanjalo abantu. “Udumo lwakhe belulukhulu kakhulu, lugeleza ngamandla adonsela phansi, lusuka emlonyeni luye emlonyeni, lungenamsindo, kodwa luhambisana nothando. Bayazi ukuthi uma kukhona ukudideka, ukudideka, noma usizi empilweni kumele uye kuBaba u-Ambrose, uyokuxazulula konke, ehlise umoya futhi akududuze. <...> Ngakho wazinikela, ngaphandle kokulinganisa nokubala. Akunjalo ngoba kwakukhona njalo okwanele, kwakukhona njalo iwayini ezingqalathini zakhe zewayini, ngoba wayexhunywe ngokuqondile olwandle lokuqala nolungenamkhawulo lothando, "- ngakho, ngamazwi ambalwa, kodwa ngokumangalisayo ngokunembile, u-Boris Zaitsev wachaza ingqikithi. lamandla ahehayo ekhehla. Uthando lomdala aluzange lukhange kuphela izinhliziyo ezilula zabahambi kubantu, abaphatha umpristi ngokumethemba okuphelele. Abamele umbala wezihlakaniphi zaseRussia baphuthuma "eqhugwaneni" likaBaba u-Ambrose, umoya wabadala base-Optina wembula kuye ingcebo nobuhle beSonto kanye nokholo lwama-Orthodox. F. M. Dostoevsky, L. N. Tolstoy, isazi sefilosofi u-V. S. Solovyov, umlobi nesazi sefilosofi u-K. N. Leontiev, nabanye abaningi bakhuluma noMdala u-Ambrose.
Ku-appendix ungathola i-akathist ku-St Ambrose wase-Optina, impilo yakhe, izimangaliso, kanye nezimfundiso ezithile.
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Nov 15, 2023