Bishop Ambrose (in the world Andrei Antipovich Ornatsky ; 1778 , Chud churchyard, Cherepovets district , Novgorod province - December 26, 1827 [ January 7, 1828 ], Kirillov , Novgorod province ) - historian of the Russian Orthodox Church , author of the seven-volume work “ History of the Russian hierarchy ”, rector Novgorod Anthony Monastery , rector of the Novgorod Theological Seminary (1808), rector of the Novgorod St. George Monastery (1811), rector of the Moscow Novospassky Monastery (1812), bishop of Starorussky , vicar of the Novgorod Metropolis (1816), bishop of Penza n and Saratov ( 1819 - 1825 ), holder of the Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree.
| Bishop Ambrose | ||
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| November 9, 1819 - September 4, 1825 | ||
| Predecessor | Innocent (Smirnov) | |
| Successor | Irenaeus (Nestorovich) | |
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| March 12, 1816 - November 9, 1819 | ||
| Predecessor | Methodius (Pishnyachevsky) | |
| Successor | Damascene (Rossov) | |
| Birth name | Andrey Antipovich Ornatsky | |
| Birth | Chud churchyard, Cherepovets district , Novgorod province | |
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Content
- 1 Family and education
- 2 Scientific and church activities
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Family and Education
Born in the village of Miracles [1] in the family of Deacon Antip Grigoriev and Akulina Makarova, daughter of a deacon from the village of Nosovsky . Surname Ornatsky received the first in the family (until the end of the XVIII century, the Russian Orthodox clergy remained nameless) at the end of a seminary or academy. Subsequently, he will “transfer” his surname to cousins of his cousins (mother): Platon Iosifovich (grandfather of the Philosopher and John of Ornatsky), John Mikhailovich (grandfather of the bishop of Semirechensky Pimen and Vasily Belolikov ) and their brothers.
In 1792 he graduated from the Kirillov Theological College, then - the Alexander Nevsky Academy (1800), after which he became a teacher at the Novgorod Theological Seminary .
Scientific and Church Activities
July 16, 1805 Andrew tonsured monasticism, taking the name of Ambrose. Since 1808 - archimandrite, rector of the Novgorod Anthony monastery and rector of the Novgorod seminary. From September 11, 1811 - rector of the Novgorod St. George Monastery , with the rector as a seminary. In March 1812 he was appointed rector of the Moscow Novospassky Monastery and at the same time chairman of the spiritual censorship committee. In early 1813, the Synod entrusted to Fr. Ambrose responsible work to "renew the Moscow monasteries damaged by the French." He was awarded the Order of St. Anne of the II degree (1814).
Between all these important matters about. Ambrose continued his scientific work - he wrote and published The History of the Russian Hierarchy . The last, seventh book was published in 1815.
On November 9, 1819, he was appointed bishop of Penza and Saratov, but on January 11, 1825 he submitted his resignation letter “with permission to [...] stay in the Kirillo-Belozersky [...] monastery”. Upon dismissal, he was assigned a pension “for a comfortable stay and in the allowance for the publication of the book entrusted to him by the Holy Synod” at 2,000 rubles a year.
On December 26, 1827 ( January 7, 1828 ), Bishop Ambrose died and was buried in the Assumption Cathedral of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery .
Notes
- ↑ Peipsi-Shukhtovsky parish, 58/2. Ascension Peipsi Church (wooden, founded in 1750) : Cherepovets district, Shukhobod volost, Chud church (Prechistoe) - currently the Cherepovets district , Abakanovsky s / s, south-west of the village of Pogorelka .
Literature
- Zdravomyslov K. Amvrosiy // Novgorod diocesan sheets. - 1896. - No. 8.
- Prot. Vladislav Tsypin. Ambrose // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M .: Church Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2001. - T. II. - S. 146. - 752 p. - 40,000 copies. - ISBN 5-89572-007-2 .
Links
- Ambrose (Ornatsky) // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- About Ambrose Ornatsky on the site of the Belolikovs
- On the fate of the burial of Bishop Ambrose
- Ambrose (Ornatsky) "History of the Russian hierarchy" in the public domain on the website of the RSL