Archimandrite Amvrosii (Konovalov), 1890-1971
Born Victor Andreevich Konovalov in St. Petersburg in 1890, He joined the White Army during the Civil War in Russia in 1918, and was forced to evacuate to Constantinople in 1920. From 1921 to 1923 Konovalov was actively involved in the life of the Russian Orthodox Church in Constantinople. He soon emigrated to Canada, where he embarked on efforts a self-proclaimed missionary. Konovalov subsequently became a Russian Orthodox monk and abbot of the Pokrov convent in Bluffton, Alberta, Canada
Archimandrite Amvrosii (Konovalov) died in 1971 at Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, N.Y.
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