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His Beatitude the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Metropolitan Ambrose of Helsinki.''' (given name Risto Jääskeläinen) is the hierarch of the [[Diocese of Helsinki]] in Finland, part of the [[Church of Finland|Finnish Orthodox Church]]. ==Life==Risto Jääskeläinen was born in [[August 10th 10]], 1945 , in Tohmajärvi in Finland. Risto Jääskeläinen [[Image:Ambro.jpg|thumb|220px|Metropolitan Ambrose at the Uspensky Cathedral in Helsinki.]]He has studied theology at the University of Helsinki, and he has as well studied as abroad in the United States (1969, 1986-1988) Hungary (1969-1970), the United Kingdom (1971-1975), and the Soviet Union in 1979.worked at the Othodox Seminary From 1969-1970. [[Image:Ambro.jpg|thumb|220px|Metropolitan Ambrose at the Uspensky kathedral in Helsinki]]1969-to 1970 Jääskeläinen worked at the Orthodox Seminary of Kuopio, and from 1975-to 1976 at the University of Joensuu as the vice professor.He Risto Jääskeläinen was [[tonsure]]d as a [[monk]] with the name Ambrose and then [[ordination|ordained monk, hierodeacon ]] a hiero[[deacon]] and hieromonk in 1979 as a member of the brotherhood of the [[New Valamo|New Valaam Monastery ]] in Heinävesi. At the New Valaam Monastery , Fr. Ambrose was appointed the [[monastery]]'s financial caretaker of economical business in 1977. In 1986 , he recieved received the title of [[archimandrite ]] from the [[Archbishop ]] Paul of Finland, and from 1986 to 1988 Fr. Ambrose was the right hand man of the monastery's [[igumen]], Archimandrite Panteleimon (now His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan [[Panteleimon (Sarho) of Oulu]]). In 1988 , Fr. Ambrose was chosen elected to the post of the be [[Bishop ]] of Joensuu, and was ordinated [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to this post [[see]] by Archbishop [[John (Rinne) of Nicea|John (Rinne)]] of Finland, Metropolitan Tikhon of Helsinki , and Metropolitan [[Archbishop Leo Maakknen(Makkonen) of Finland|Leo]] of Oulu. 1996-2002 Bp. Ambrose was the served as Metropolitan of Oulufrom 1997 to 2002, and in 2002 he was appointed to the post of Metropolitan of Helsinki.<!-- Besides his great efforts in ecumenical work , Metropolitan Ambrose is as well also one of the leading members of the board of directors of Tulikivi Corp. and an important member of the local masonic loshMasonic Lodge.--> Metropolitan Ambrose has as well published written many theological writings, including ’Pyhyyden kaipaus’ ''Pyhyyden Kaipaus'' (1999) and ’Etsijän tie’ ''Etsijän Tie'' (2001), and published several books concerning ecclesiastical history and ecumenical relations. {{start box}}{{succession|before=?|title=Bishop of Joensuu - Auxiliary|years=1988-1997|after=[[Panteleimon (Sarho) of Oulu|Panteleimon (Sarho)]]}}{{succession|before=[[Leo (Makkonen) of Finland|Leo (Makkonen)]]|title=Metropolitan of Oulu|years=1997-2002|after=Panteleimon (Sarho)}}{{succession|before=Leo (Makkonen)|title=Metropolitan of Helsinki|years=2002-Present|after=&mdash;}}{{end box}}  ==External links==* [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Ambrosius_%28metropoliitta%29 Metropolitan Ambrose on Ortodoksi.net]* [http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/finland/current.htm#ambrosius_metr_oulu Listing] at the Orthodox Research Institute [[Category:Bishops]][[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]][[Category:Bishops of Joensuu]][[Category:Bishops of Oulu]][[Category:Bishops of Helsinki]][[Category:Bishops of Finland]]