Ambrose of Optina
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Ambrose of Optina was a starets and a hieroschemamonk in Optina Monastery, canonized in the 1988 convention of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. Wikipedia
Born: December 5, 1812, Tambov, Russia
Died: October 22, 1891 (age 78 years), Kozelsky District, Russia
Parents: Mikhail Fyodorovich Grenkov and Marfa Nikolayevna Grenkova
Feast: 23 October(Repose); 10 July(Uncovering of Relics)