On November 12 according to the New Calendar, the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church prayerfully commemorates Holy Hierarch Ambrose of Belaya Krinitsa, who restored the threefold Old Believer hierarchy. This year marks 180 years since his joining the Orthodox Old Believer Church.

To mark the occasion, a book-album devoted to the life of the Holy Hierarch was published. The restoration of the threefold Old Believer hierarchy was among the topics discussed at the Melnikov Readings taking place at Rogozhskoye in recent days.

On November 12, Metropolitan Korniliy presided at the service to St. Ambrose at Moscow’s Intercession Cathedral. Serving with the Primate were Archbishop Yevmeniy (Mikheyev) of Chisinau and All Moldova; Archpriest Alexey Mikheyev, rector of the Rogozhskoye churches; Archpriests Andrey Voznyuk (Chisinau) and Dmitriy Martyshin (Samara); Priests Sergey Bobkov (Noginsk, Moscow Region), Konstantin Lukichev (Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Moscow Region), Roman Maslov (Moscow), and Dmitriy Mikeev (Shakhunya, Nizhny Novgorod Region); Protodeacon Viktor Savelyev (Moscow); and Deacon Aleksandr Spivak (Moscow).

Divine services were also held in other parishes in Russia and abroad.

The Life of Holy Hierarch Ambrose of Belaya Krinitsa (read)  →

Translated from the original article in Russian.