Ambrosius Gudko


Ambrosius bishop of Sarapul and Yelabug. He was canonized as a :Category:Russian saints|Russian Saint by the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000.

Education

He graduated the Kholm Ecclesiastical Seminary and the St. Petersburg Ecclesiastical Academy in 1893 with a Master's Degree in Theology.

Monk, Missionary, Teacher

At the end of 1916 there began a conflict between some of Sarapul's social democrats and Bishop Ambrosius, as a result of which the bishop excluded Sarapul's liberal figures Mikhel and Polyakov from Holy Communion. He was considered a supporter of the active preaching of Christianity among the Tatar population. He came out with sermons against alcohol; with his blessing, district brotherhoods for the fight against drunkenness were established in Sarapul and Elabug.