Lubov Rozina
We asked him how he manages to remember the names of everyone who turns to him for help. He said: “Love doesn’t forget.”
Svetlana Rybakova
People pray in front of the Icon, the “Multiplier of Wheat”, for the multiplication of the fruits of the earth and Heaven, asking for Her blessings for work.
Love for and confidence in Elder Ambrose, and boundless faith in the intercession of the Mother of God made this icon truly national in Russia, a predominantly agrarian country.
Archimandrite Ioanichie (Balan)
The Elder also told his disciple: “For many years, I sought a spiritual guide everywhere but couldn’t find one. Then I started reading Holy Scripture and the Holy Fathers, and there I found what I was looking for. Thus, I’ve found consolation in the sacred books my whole life.”
In 1958, he was arrested and imprisoned in Ayud—the most severe prison in Romania, where thousands of priests, monastics, simple Christians, and representatives of the intelligentsia of all ages suffered.
