February 6, 2014
Archimandrite Ambrose (Yurasov) visited the Eastern American Diocese

With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, the Eastern American Diocese recently hosted a dear guest from Russia – Archimandrite Ambrose (Yurasov). The visitation was initiated at the invitation of Archpriest Victor Potapov (rector of St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, DC), who hosted Fr. Ambrose in Washington from January 23-25.

Fr. Ambrose lives in Ivanovo, Russia and is the founder and spiritual director the Convent of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple, a convent in Ivanovo, home to over 250 nuns. He is also the director of the prison ministry for the Diocese of Ivanovo-Voznesensk and of the diocesan commission for canonization of saints. He is also spiritual director of the Orthodox media complex "Radonezh." Father Ambrose is frequently heard on Radio Radonezh, where he delivers homilies and responds to questions from his audience.

During his visit to the Eastern American Diocese, Fr. Ambrose and his travel companion, Hierodeacon Eleazar, visited several churches in New York and New Jersey and made a special pilgrimage to Holy Trinity Monastery. On Saturday, February 1, they visited St. George’s Church in Howell, NJ where Fr. Ambrose led the All-Night Vigil and delivered a sermon. Click here to read the sermon.

On Sunday, February 2, Fr. Ambrose celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Holy New Martyrs & Confessors of Russia Church in Brooklyn, NY and on the following day returned to Russia. Videos of his sermons are also available on the official YouTube channel of St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Washington, DC here and here.

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