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Metropolitan Ambrose or Amvrosii (born Amoiraias Pappa-Georgopoloi Greek: Ἀμοιραίας Πάππα-Γεωργοπόλοι Andrey Popovich Russian: Андрей Попович; 1791–1863) was the first Old Believers’ Metropolitan of the Ancient Orthodox Church.Ambrosii was born in 1791 in Maistra at that time part of the Ottoman Empire. He was of Greek origin. He became a bishop in 1835 and converted to the Old Believers in 1846 thus establishing a full Church Hierarchy of the Old Believers.
