Spirituality Wisdom from the Fathers YEARS ARE NOT NEEDED FOR TRUE REPENTANCE AND NOT DAYS BUT ONLY AN INSTANT. 1 min read 2 years ago trueorthodox ST. AMBROSE OF OPTINA Tags: Repentance St. Ambrose of Optina Continue Reading Previous “Whoever calls himself ‘universal bishop’, or desires this title, is by his pride the precursor to the antichrist.” – St. Gregory the GreatNext “There is love like a small lamp, which goes out when the oil is consumed; or like a stream which dries up when it doesn’t rain. But there is a love that is like a mighty spring gushing up out of the earth; it keeps flowing forever, and is inexhaustible.” – St. Isaac the Syrian