Once, still being a young man in the world, Saint Ambrose of Optina walked in the forest. When he came to a spring, something mysterious happened: he started distinctly hearing words in the sound of the forest spring. “Praise God, keep God..”. It turned his life and he started seeking Grace. A Holy Elder, Prophet and Wonderworker, later he led many millions to Salvation.

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“Read the book in the morning for a quarter of an hour before work, and then think all day what you have read.”