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Ambrose (Zographos) of Korea

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During the years of his studies in the United States, Fr. Ambrosios served in various Greek Orthodox [[parish]]es in New England and New Jersey including as visiting [[pastor]] at the Greek Orthodox churches of St. Barbara in Tom's River, New Jersey, and Holy Trinity in Bargaintown, New Jersey.
On [[December 21]], 1998, Fr. Ambrosios received a doctorate degree with distinction from the School of Theology of the University of Athens. On [[December 23]], 1998 he traveled to South Korea to begin serving the Orthodox Church in Korea as Dean of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul and as [[Chancellor ]] of the [[Orthodox Metropolis of Korea]].
On [[December 21]], 2005, Fr. Ambrosios was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated ]] Bishop of Zelon by the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. On [[May 28]], 2008, the Holy Synod of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] elected Bp. Ambrosios Metropolitan of Korea succeeding Metropolitan [[Sotirios (Trambas) of Pisidia]] whose resignation had been accepted by the Patriarchate on the same day. He was [[enthronement|enthroned]] on [[July 20]], 2008 at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul, as the second metropolitan of Korea.
Metr. Ambrosios has written extensively, producing articles in various magazines and published a number of studies and books. These include: ''The Social Teachings of St. [[Gregory Palamas]], Based on His 63 Homilies'', ''The Contribution of St. [[Basil the Great]] to the Formation of the Monastic Ideal'', ''[[Iconography]] in the Liturgical life of the Medieval Greek Church'', and ''Gabriel Archbishop of [[Thessalonica ]] and the Homiliarion attributed to him''.
In 1997, Metr. Ambrosios participated in the conference of the [[World Council of Churches]] on World Mission and Evangelism in Sao Paolo, Brazil as a member of the Patriarchal delegation and again in 2005 in Athens. In 1998, he participated in the Convention of Orthodox Theological Schools organized by [[Syndesmos]] in Belgrade, Serbia.
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