This Day in the Life of the Church with Andrei Psarev

This Day in the Life of the Church with Andrei Psarev

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Personally Meek but Authoritative as a Bishop

Personally Meek but Authoritative as a Bishop

September 6

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Bishop Ambrose of Geneva and Western Europe took monastic vows on this day in 1993.



Bishop Ambrose was born outside of Russia, in Vevey, Switzerland, to Prince Peter Georgievich Cantacuzène and Olga Alekseevna, née Orlova. Peter Petrovich Kantakuzen (his secular name) received a good education, mastering classical Greek and Latin. He also had a degree in…

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