Ambrose (Munteanu)

In 1990, he graduated from high school and in the same year entered the Moldovan State University at the Faculty of Journalism. In November, he transferred to the Novo-Nyametsky Theological Seminary .

March 6, 1991 enrolled in the brotherhood of the Holy Ascension Novo-Nyametsky Kitskansky monastery .

In 1992 - 1995, he obeyed the head of the office of the Bendery Diocesan Administration.

April 8, 1993 in the Holy Assumption Church of the New Nyametsky Kitskansky monastery tonsured as a monk .

On May 2, 1994, Bishop of Bender Vincent (Morar) was ordained hierodeacon .

In 1994 he graduated from the Chisinau Theological Seminary with a bachelor of theology. In 1994-1999 he taught liturgy, liturgy, and Orthodox asceticism at the Chisinau seminary.

January 16, 1995 awarded a double orar .

Since December 28, 1995 - Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of the Chisinau Seminary. Since March 12, 1997, in combination, he carried the obedience of the seminary inspector.

On November 28, 1996, in the Holy Ascension Cathedral of the New Nyametsky Kitskansky Monastery, Metropolitan of Chisinau and All Moldova, Vladimir (Kantaryan) was ordained a hieromonk with the right to wear a leg gait .

June 12, 1997 awarded the right to wear a pectoral cross .

November 28, 1997 was elevated to the rank of abbot .

In 1996-1999 he studied at the correspondence sector of the Moscow Theological Academy .

In November 1998, he was transferred to the state of the Edinets diocese and was appointed secretary of the diocese. On January 18, 1999 he was awarded the right to wear a club and a cross with decorations.

In 1998-2002 , he concurrently carried obedience to the rector of the Edinets Theological Lyceum and the confessor-administrator of the Edinets monastery of sisters of mercy.

On April 16, 2000, he was elevated to the rank of archimandrite with the right to serve the Divine Liturgy with open royal doors .

In 2002, he was transferred to the Chisinau diocese and was appointed rector of the Holy Trinity Frumoassky Monastery .

In 2002-2007 , he obeyed the secretary of the synodal department for monasteries of the Orthodox Church of Moldova and the vice-rector of the school of psalmists at the Holy Assumption Gerbovets Monastery.

In 2004 he graduated in absentia from the Kiev Theological Academy .

On November 23, 2004, he was awarded the right to wear the Mother Superior.

In 2005 he organized the annual summer children's camp at the Frumoa Monastery for children from poor families and orphans.

On December 27, 2005, he was relieved of his post as rector of the Holy Trinity Monastery in the village of Frumoasa.

In 2007, he graduated from the Faculty of History and International Relations of the International Independent University of Moldova (MNUM) with a master's degree in historical sciences.

In 2008 he was appointed director of the icon painting class of the Chisinau Theological Seminary.

On March 24, 2011, he was appointed Bishop of Ungheni and Nisporenskom Peter (Mustutaet) as rector (hegumen) of the Holy Ascension Girzhavsky Monastery of the Ungensk Diocese . Concurrently, he obeyed the rector of the Ungheni Theological School, the chairman of the diocesan department for monastery affairs, was a member of the diocesan council and the church court of the Unghenan diocese.

In 2011, he graduated from the doctorate of the International Independent University of Moldova, as well as two-year continuing education courses for the General Church Graduate School and Doctoral Studies (Department of External Church Relations) ^[2] . In August 2011, he was appointed Secretary of the Synodal Commission for the Canonization of Saints of the Orthodox Church of Moldova.

He took part in the preparation for the publication of a number of liturgical and soulful books. He is the founder of the newspaper “Spark of Faith” and the Orthodox youth Russian-Moldavian Internet portal www.logos.md . He participated in religious journalistic programs and television and radio projects in Moldova. Since 2008, he conducted a series of spiritual discussions with students of the International Independent University of Moldova.

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 27, 2011 he was elected bishop of Neftekamsk and Belebeevsky ^[3] .

February 24, 2012 in the Epiphany Cathedral was named bishop of Neftekamsky and Belebeyevsky ^[4] .

Hirotonisan March 4, 2012 in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow . The consecration was performed by: Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill , Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomensky Yuvenaly (Poyarkov) , Metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan Vincent (Morar) , Metropolitan of Saransk and Mordovia Barsanuphius (Sudakov) , Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Ilarion (Alferim , Alferim, Vasyukov) , Archbishop Istrinsky Arseny (Epifanov) , Archbishop Vereisky Evgeny (Reshetnikov) , Archbishop Sergiev Posad Theognost (Guzikov) , Bishop Nikon (Mironov) , Bishop Vidnovsky Tikhon (Nedosekin) , Bishop D Mitrovsky Theophylact (Moiseev) , Bishop of Turov and Mozyr Stefan (Nescheret) , Bishop of Bronnitsky Ignatius (Punin) , Bishop of Ungheni and Nisporensky Peter (Mustutaitsa) , Bishop of Serpukhovskaya Roman (Gavrilov) , Bishop of Solnechnogorsk, Podchepnogorsk (Podszczonechsky) ) , and Bishop Edinet Briceni Nicodemus (Vulpe) , Bishop Voskresenskiy Sawa (Miheev) , Bishop Birsky Nikolai (Subotin) , and Bishop Orsky Gaisky Irenaeus (Tafuna) , Bishop Balashihinsky Nikolai (Pogrebnyak) Archbishop Philippopolis Nifon (Sayqal) ( Antioch Orthodox Church ), Bishop Moravichsky Anthony (Pantelic) ( Serbian Orthodox Church ) ^[5] .

From June 11 to June 25, 2012, postgraduate courses for newly appointed bishops took place at the Church Graduate School and Doctoral School ^{[6] [7]} .

On October 4, 2012, by the decision of the Holy Synod, in connection with the filed petition, the title was changed to Neftekamsky and Birsky ^[8] .

On May 30, 2019, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was appointed vicar of the Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe with the title “ Bogorodsky ” with the assignment of feeding the Moldovan diaspora in Italy ^[9] .

• The life and work of Archpriest-composer Mikhail Berezovsky. 1994 (Chisinau Theological Seminary, thesis);
• Svyatiy Paisiy Velichkovsky i vіdrodzhennya icihia tradition ii at Moldova at the nineteenth table ". 2004 (KDA, thesis);
• Mănăstirile istorice basarabene, cartea de vizită a Republicii Moldova. - [Historical Moldavian monasteries - visiting card of the Republic of Moldova]. 2006;
• The history of the monastery of Frumoasa. 2007 (MNUM, master's thesis);
• Coverage of religious topics in the media of modern Moldova (seminar). 2009;
• Relations between the Church and the state in the history of the Frumos monastery. 2010;
• Alternative "Orthodoxy" in the Republic of Moldova. Church schisms. 2010 (monograph);
• Damage to the equation in the rights of religious organizations by the legislation of the Republic of Moldova. 2010 (article);
• Lumea ne ispiteşte mereu cu “a avea”, iar Dumnezeu ne îndeamnă la “a fi” . - [The world tempts us with money-grubbing, and God calls us to abstinence]. 2011 (interview);
• The role of foreign parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in the matter of spiritual support of the Moldovan diaspora. 2011 (thesis);
• Our presence on the Internet is a relevant and important component of the church mission. "2011 (interview) (inaccessible link) ;
• The Church has its own warriors who protect the soul of the people from enemy attacks. 2011 (interview) (inaccessible link) ;
• A series of 4 articles “Timp si Memorie” (Time and memory) on the closing of Moldovan monasteries by the Soviet government in the 20th century in the “Oral History” format, published in the journal of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova in 2008-2011, as well as others Publications on the problems of church and public life.
• The word of Archimandrite Ambrose (Munteanu) in the name of Bishop of Neftekamsk and Belebeevsky

• 1995 - Double Orari
• 1996 - Legguard
• 2000 - the right to serve the Divine Liturgy with open royal doors
• 2007 - Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh III degree
• 2008 - Order of St. Pr. Paisiya Velichkovsky II art. Orthodox Church of Moldova
• 2011 - Order of St. Stephen the Great II Art. Orthodox Church of Moldova

• Ambrose, archimandrite (Munteanu Vitaly Petrovich) on the website patriarchia.ru