Ambrosius Jääskeläinen
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Metropolitan Ambrosius is the retired Metropolitan of Helsinki. He matriculated from the Joensuu Lyceum in 1964. He completed the degree of Master of Theology at Helsinki University in 1968. He also c
Ambrosius in 2011
Metropolitan Ambrosius speaking in the Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki on the Finnish independence day in 2004.
New Valamo
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New Valamo or New Valaam is an Orthodox monastery in Heinävesi, Finland. The monastery was established in its present location in 1940. However, the tradition of the Valamo monastery dates back to 171
Ambrosius Jääskeläinen
…assistant professor in the same university. He was tonsured an Orthodox monk in 1979, and the same year he was ordained a deacon and a hieromonk in the New Valamo Monastery. While still a novice, his name was brother Kristoforos, but as a monk his name became Ambrosius. He was first the treasurer of New Valamo…
New Valamo monastery main church
Inside the main church at New Valamo with the old iconostasis
Deanery after the fire
Chapel of Saint Nicholas, private eukteria of New Valamo