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Ambrose of Moscow also known as Ambrosius of Moscow (1708-1771) was Archbishop of Moscow who met an untimely death in the hands of a berserk crowd of religious fanatics during the Moscow plague riot of 1771.
Ambrose of Moscow also known as Ambrosius of Moscow was Archbishop of Moscow who met an untimely death in the hands of a berserk crowd of religious fanatics during the Moscow plague riot of 1771.[1]
The Moscow Patriarchate authorized local veneration of the Optina Elders on June 13,1996. The work of uncovering the relics of Saints Leonid, Macarius, Hilarion, Ambrose, Anatole I, Barsanuphius and Anatole II began on June 24/July 7, 1998 and was concluded the next day.
Archbishop Ambrose of Moscow (1708-1771) tried to stop the gathering, understanding that it only exacerbated the situation. His attempt to remove the icon started a riot; crowds rushed into...
Our Venerable Father Ambrose was recognized by the Patriarchate of Moscow in 1988 on the occasion of the Millenium of the Baptism of Russia and is commemorated on the day of his repose, October 10th (+1891). On the Synaxis, i.e., October 11th, all fourteen Elders of Optina are commemorated.
He was appointed archbishop of Moscow in 1761, and retained his dignity until his death. He had also been from 1748 a member of the Holy Synod. Ambrose displayed great zeal in the service of his Church.
Ambrose of Optina (Russian: Амвросий Оптинский; birth name: Aleksander Mikhaylovich Grenkov, Russian: Александр Михайлович Гренков, December 5, 1812, Bolshaya Lipovitsa settlement, Tambov guberniya – October 23, 1891) was a starets and a hieroschemamonk in Optina Monastery, canonized in the 1988 ...
