Instructions of the Venerable Ambrose of Optina for Spouses and Parents

The reader is presented with the advice of Elder Ambrose of Optina for spouses and parents. In them, the spiritual and moral-ethical foundations of Christian life are systematically explained: family relationships, raising children, the inadmissibility of violating commandments; they contain answers to many questions of family and spiritual life. The book is intended both for young people who are about to start family life and for those who are living in marriage and raising children.