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==Life==
Andrei Ivanovich Podobedov (Андрей Иванович Подобедов) was born in 1742. Little is known of his childhood. He began a theological education early, while still in his early teens. In 1757, Andrei Ivanovich began studies at the [[seminary]] at the [[Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra]] near Moscow. He graduated in 1764 and remained at the seminary for several years teaching. While at the seminary, Andrei Ivanovich entered the [[Holy Orders]].
In 1768, he accepted a [[tonsure]] as a [[monk]] with the name Amvrosy. After his tonsure, Fr. Amvrosy accepted a position at the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary|Slavic Greek Latin Academy]] in Moscow. In 1774, he was appointed rector of the academy that would become the Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary in the nineteenth century.
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before=?Cyril (Florinsky)|title=Bishop of Sevskand Bryansk|
years=1778-1785|
after=?Damaskin (Rudnev)}}
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before=[[Anthony I (Zybelin)of Kazan|Anthony I (Zybelin)]]|
title=[[List of bishops of the Diocese of Kazan|Archbishop of Kazan]]|
years=1785-1799|
after=[[Serapion (Alexandrovsky)of Kiev|Serapion (Alexandrovsky)]]}}
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before=[[Gavriil (Petrov) of Novgorod and St. Petersburg|Gavriil (Petrov-Shaposhnikov)]]|
title=[[Eparchy of St. Petersburg|Metropolitan of St.Petersburg]]|
years= 1799-1818|
after=Mikhail Miсhael (Desnitsky)}}
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