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{{cleanup|Needs clear opening statement'''Ambrosii of Belo-Krinitsa''', focus on subjectalso '''Ambrosios (Pappa-Georgopoli)''', encyclopedic styleMetropolitan of Belaya Krinitsa, etcwas the first [[Metropolitan]] of the [[schism]]atic group from the [[Church of Russia]] called the [[Old Believers]] (''Starovery'' in Russian) or Old Ritualists (''Staroobrjadtsy'' in Russian) or, as they are also called, the Ancient Orthodox (''Drevlepravoslavnye'' in Russian). Consecrated a [[bishop]] under the [[Church of Constantinople]], he joined the Old Ritualists in 1846 as the movement's first hierarch that became known as the [[Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy]].}}

The Old Believers (Staroveryi) or Old rituals (Staroobrjadtsyi) or==Life==Andreas Popovic was born in 1791 in Maistra in Croatia of Greek origin, as at that time part of the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman Empire]]. In 1811, he married and shortly after was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[priest]] by Metropolitan Matthew. In 1814, Father Andreas lost his wife, who had given him a son, whom they themselves prefer to be calledhad named George, after his grandfather. After having entered a [[monasticism|monastic]] life with the name Ambrosii, Ancient Orthodox (Drevlepravoslavnyi)Fr. Ambrosii was elected, are those Christians remained faithful to in 1817, [[Igumen]] of the Monastery of the [[Holy Trinity]] on the ancient ritesisland of Halki. In 1835, dogmas and ecclesiastical structures he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of Orthodox Russian, before the changes Sarajevo in the seventeenth century were introduced Bosnia by [[Patriarch Nikon of Moscow]] Gregory VI, assisted by four other bishops. He remained in his position for five years before being removed by the Ottoman authorities

Many At that time, two Russian [[monk]]s Pavel and Alimpii from a group of Old Believers in the Ancient Orthodox Many to Siberia and neighboring countriesarea of Bukovina in area of Dobruja, especially Romania. Most of them have never lost or refused north at the priesthood, even though some have denied it, and are therefore called "asacerdotali" (Bespopovtsyi): their reaction Danube delta were looking for a bishop willing to join the priesthood is not motivated by the innovations of NikonOld Believers. Through Osip Semenovich Goncharov, But their vision Ataman of the imminent kingdom of Nekrasov Cossacks, contact was established between Bp. Ambrosii and the Antichristtwo Russian monks.

Over timeCostantino Efimovic, the Ancient Orthodox priests founded a center at the cemetery Rogozh in MoscowSerb, acted as an interpreter between Bp. Ambrosii and two [[monk]]s. As Pavel and later Alimpii examined the monastery orthodox beliefs of Belo-Krinitsa ("white fountain") in BukovinaAmbrosii, then part Bp. Ambrosii presented documents issued by the Patriarch of AustriaConstantinople that confirmed Ambrosii's canonical status. Bp. Ambrosii and his son, now in Ukraine. Although there were ancient Orthodox bishops ordained by Non-turn, investigated the status of the Russian Orthodox Russians prelatesOld canonry and what he was asked, none of them had left successorsbefore consenting on [[April 15]], because under the reign of Tsar Nicholas I lew laws restricted the reception of converts from the Official Church1846 to become their [[bishop]].

In AustriaAfter a trip along the Danube, Bp. Ambrosii and the monks Pavel and Alimpii arrived in Tulcea, nowadays in Romania. There five hundred Nekrasov Cossacks, he founded together with the monks of the monastery of BeloSlavo-KrinitsaRus, their Father and Igumen Makarii Arkadii Lavrentiyevskii, as a place presented the Metropolitan with the traditional tokens of freedom for the Ancient Orthodox (which carried hospitality: [[Bread and Salt|bread with salt]]. The Austrian government requested and obtained from the name Patriarchate of Lipoveni)Constantinople a favorable report on Bp. Ambrosii, thanks before giving him permission to laws enacted establish his residence in 1783 by the Emperor Joseph IItheir domains. In Vienna, After a meeting to discuss the Minister procedure for settlement of InteriorAmbrosii, on [[October 28]], Conte Kolovrat1846, and Archduke Ludwig prepared he held the way for office [[All-Night Vigil|Vigil]] in honor of St. [[Nicholas of Myra|Nicholas]] the permission to be given by Miracle Worker. The following day, after having read the Ferdinand usual confession of faith in 1844Slavonic, Bishop Ambrosii was accepted according to invite a foreign bishop to establish its headquarters in Belo-Krinitsa to serve Canon 95 of the [[Sixth Ecumenical Council]]. The priest monk Ieronim, with the needs blessing of the Ancients Orthodox in first and the domains new Metropolitan of Belaya Krinitsa and all the EmpireRussian Old Believers, began the [[Divine Liturgy]], celebrated by Bp. Ambrosii.

There existed for generations communities of Ancient Orthodox in Turkey who were European refugees from Bp. Ambrosii read the violence [[prayer]]s in Russiahis native language, Greek, while the [[deacon]] and it was natural that the search for a bishop move between their first stepschoir used [[Church Slavonic |Slavonic]]. According Due to reports from the Russian government after the mid dell'800 about 4absence of two other bishops,000 Ancient Orthodox the Empire lived in Austriahe used two archpriests, mostly a procedure already used before in Bukovina, on the border with Russia at history of the Prut river, Church in cases of necessity and about 36,000 lived the Ottoman Empire. Of the latter, the majority lived described in Dobruja north at the Danube deltasome lives of saints. To put the monks Also in contact with August 1847, there was the Metropolitan was Osip Semenovich Goncharovordination of Bishop Arkadii by Salvo-Rus, Ataman an ancient seat of Nekrasovtsyian Orthodox monastery at Tulcea, which still exists in Romania.

In 1811response to installation of Bp. Ambrosii, Andrea was married, and shortly after he was ordained priest the Russian Foreign Ministry threatened to retaliate with the Roman Catholic government if it did not withdraw the permission for the Old Believers to establish their own Metropolia in turn by Metropolitan Matthewthe Habsburg Empire. In 1814 he lost his wifeThe [[Holy Synod]], who had given him a son, also named George. In 1817 he was elected Igumeno of by which the Tsar controlled the State Church since the Monastery abolition of the Holy Trinity on Patriarchate under Peter I, likewise threatened to cut all financial assistance from the island Patriarch of HalkiConstantinople if he had not done everything in its power to induce Metropolitan Ambrosii to change its position. Metr. Il Patriarca Costantino lo fece protosincello della Chiesa patriarcale greca nel 1827Ambrosii, however, refused. Patriarch Constantine had Certainly the Old Believers convinced him protosincello that the system of the patriarchal Greek Church in 1827. As is clear from a document dated 9 September 1835Holy Synod, he was ordained Metropolitan of Sarajevo established in Bosnia 1700 by Patriarch Gregory assisted by four other bishops. Remained Tsar Peter I to check the status of the church in place for five years before being removed by of the Turkspatriarch was not canonical.

A SerbIn response to diplomatic pressure, the Austrian-Hungarian authorities closed the monastery of Belaya Krinitsa on [[March 3]], Costantino Efimovic1848, and Metr. Ambrosii was used as an interpreter between sent into exile in Tzill in Styria, Austria. After the outbreak of the Metropolitan Ambrose 1848 revolutions in Vienna, and with the two ancient Orthodox monks, who examined his orthodoxyassistance of Count Kolovrat, to whom he presented the said document monastery of Belaya Krinitsa was reopened at the patriarch greekend of 1848, though Metr. Ambrosii remained in exile. Metropolitan Ambrose and his son then took time to investigate the status The successor of the Russian Orthodox Old canonry and what he latter was askedAntonii (Shutov), before giving its consent on 15 April 1846who became the first Old Believers' archbishop of Moscow.

After a trip along the Danube, the Metropolitan Ambrose and the two monks arrived in Tulcea, Romania Metr. Ambrosii lived fifteen years in today, where five hundred Nekrasovtsyi, together with the monks of the monastery of Slavo-Rus, their Father exile and Igumeno Makarij Arkadij Lavrentijevskij presented to the Metropolitan traditional bread with saltsuffered from his isolation. The government requested and obtained from the patriarchate greek a favorable report on the MetropolitanNonetheless, before giving him permission to he helped establish his residence in their domains. After a meeting to discuss the procedure full church hierarchy for settlement of the Metropolitan, on 28 October 1846 he held Old Believers. He saw this as the office Vigil in honor Will of StGod. Nicholas the miracle worker. The following dayOn [[October 28]], 1863, after reading the usual profession he made his last official act as [[primate]] of faith in the ritual Slavonice ecclesiastical transliterated into Greek characters, Russian Old Believers including [[Archbishop]] Antonii and all the Metropolitan was accepted according to Canon 95 of the Sixth Ecumenical Councilbishops under his [[jurisdiction]]. The priest-monaco Ieronim, document begins with the blessing words: "For the mercy of God, the first humble Archbishop and the new Metropolitan of Beloall the Old-Krinitsa Rite Orthodox, Ambrosii." In the text, he expresses regret that he lived so far away from his flock and all that his health did not allow him to do more, but that he remains open to discuss any issue relating to the Ancient Orthodox Russianschurch people, began under his spiritual care. This document refuted allegations from some enemies of the Divine Liturgy in which Old Faith that wanted people to believe that the Holy Metropolitan concelebrationhad eventually rejected his flock.

The Metropolitan read the prayers in his native languageMetr. Ambrosii died on [[October 30]], greek, but the deacon and the choir used the Slavonia1863. While Metr. Due to the absence of two other bishops, he used two archpriestsKirill held his funeral at Belaya Krinitsa monastery, a procedure already used before in the history of the Church in cases of necessity, and described in some lives of saintsMetr. In August 1847 there Ambrosii was buried in the ordination of Bishop Arkadij by SalvoGreek-Rus, an ancient seat Orthodox cemetery of an Orthodox monastery at Tulcea, which still exists in RomaniaTrieste.

The Russian Foreign Ministry threatened ==Aftermath and canonization==In 1899, the Patriarch of Constantinople established a commission to retaliate investigate the government issue of Metr. Ambrosii and his acceptance of the Roman Catholic, if it had not withdrawn the permission primacy of the Ancient Russian Old Orthodox establish its Metropolia the Empire Habsburg EmpireChurch. The Holy Synod, by which the Tsar committee issued a decree of the church controlled state nikoniana time since the abolition recognition of the Patriarchate under Peter I, likewise threatened to cut all financial assistance from the patriarchate hierarchy established by Metr. Ambrosii. This decree met with disapproval of Constantinople[[Constantine Petrovich Pobedonostsev|Constantine Pobedonostsev]], if he had not done everything in its power to induce the Metropolitan Ambrose to change its position. Metropolitan Ambrose, however, refused. Certainly the Ancient Orthodox Russians convinced him that the system [[Ober-Procurator]] of the Holy Synod, established in 1700 by Peter I to check the status of the church in place of the patriarch, and with whom they have not wanted to do was not a canon. By decree of Tsar Paul I, the Russian rulers had declared "the [[Church" and all the bishops of the church had been obliged to honor an oath to that effectRussia]].

In response to diplomatic pressure, the Austrian authorities closed At a joint synod held at the monastery Monastery of Belo Belaya Krinitsa-March 3 1848150 years after its acceptance of the primacy, and the Metropolitan Ambrose Metr. Ambrosii was sent into exile [[glorification|glorified]] on [[November 11]], 1996, in Tzill in Styria. After the outbreak presence of revolutions in Viennaboth his successors, with the assistance Metr. Leontii of Count Kolovrat, the Minister mentioned, the monastery of Belo-Belaya Krinitsa was reopened at and the end Metr. Alimpii of 1848, though the Metropolitan had to remain in exileMoscow and All Russia. The successor day of the latter his feast was Antonija assigned to [[October 30]] (ShutovNovember 12 os)each year. On [[May 18]], 2000, which became the first old-Orthodox archbishop exhumation of Moscowhis [[relics]] took place and their [[Translation (relics)|translation]] from Trieste to a Braila, Romania. Some years later, the monks Pavel and Alimpii were also glorified by the Old Believers.

Metropolitan Ambrose lived fifteen years in exile and suffering among people who did not speak either language, but was willing to help in their need for a priesthood. He saw this as the will of God in him==Sources==*[http://digilander. On 28 October 1863 he sent his last official act as primate of the Old Russian Orthodox Archbishop Antonija and all the bishops under his jurisdictionlibero. The document begins with the words: "For the mercy of God, the humble Archbishop and Metropolitan of all the Ancient Orthodox, Ambrose." In the text he expresses regret that he lived so far away from his flock, and that his health did not let it do more, but take your time to discuss many issues relating to the church people under his spiritual care/ortodossia/Ambrogio. This document clearly refuted those enemies dell'Antica Orthodoxy that would have us believe that the Holy Metropolitan has concluded his days by rejecting his flock. Metropolitan Kirill held his funeral at htm Breve Vita Del Padre Nostro Tra I Santi Ambrogio Metropolita Di Belo officio-KrinitsaE Di Tutti Gli Antichi Ortodossi, but the Metropolitan was buried in the greek orthodox cemetery in TriesteIl Confessore]*[http://www.belaya-krinica. His pastoral staff is now in Moscow and has been safeguarded in the Archbishop Alimpij used as the first Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russiakiev.ua/ Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church]

In 1899 the Patriarch of Constantinople established a commission to study the issue of Metropolitan Ambrose and his acceptance of the primacy of the Church-Old ==See also==[[Russian Orthodox. The committee issued a decree of recognition of the hierarchy established by Metropolitan Ambrose, decree restless Pobedonostsev, the prosecutor of the secular church of the Holy Synod of the Russian state.Old-Rite Church]]

==Source==[[Category:Old Believer Jurisdictions]][[Category: Bishops]]*[http[Category://digilander.libero.it/ortodossia/Ambrogio.htm Breve Vita Del Padre Nostro Tra I Santi Ambrogio Metropolita Di Belo-Krinitsa E Di Tutti Gli Antichi Ortodossi, Il ConfessoreSchisms]]