The icon `Saint Ambrose of Optina`

 Handmade. Wood, canvas, gesso, patina, varnish.

The size of the icon is 18*24 cm.

About the icon:

Saint Ambrose of Optina is a saint who lived quite recently, the founder of the Shamordino Hermitage and the Optina elder, teacher and healer. He had a great influence not only on the peasants who loved and revered him, but also on the educated society of the 19th century.

Christians were left with an icon of St. Ambrose of Optina and a spiritual legacy in the form of instructions for monastics and laymen.

They contain important lines that strengthen faith in the Creator of Heaven and Earth, returning faith in salvation and eternal life.

People pray to Ambrose of Optina:

for healing in illnesses;

in various everyday and domestic needs;

for good character and Christian upbringing of boys and girls;

for strengthening the Russian people in the Orthodox faith.