Number DOI: http://doi.org/10.33209/2519-4348-2019-7-62

VB. – № 7, 2019. – P. 263-279

Summary

A deep and detailed investigation of biographies of historical figures is facilitated by a special historical discipline – prosopography, which is also one of the methods of historical and biographical research. Today, stating the need to study and informing the public about the lives of the prominent figures of the Church of Christ restore the historical memory of our people, we have to remember those who, in the various historical periods of development of our Church and state, have remained the light of true Christianity and science. Archimandrite Ambrose (Lototsky) is an outstanding beacon of the Church of Christ. He started the thorny path of a scientist and a clergyman in an ancient unit of spiritual education in Volyn – the Volyn Theological Seminary, which at the time of his studies functioned in Ostroh. After completing his studies and receiving his Master of Divinity degree from the Kyiv Theological Academy, he returns to teaching at his native seminary, where he receives teaching, inspector and librarian positions. Through his successful scientific, ecclesiastical and administrative activities, he has been included in the cohort of prominent alumni of the Volyn Theological Seminary. Continuing a series of studies of biographical data of prominent graduates of the ancient Volyn Theological Seminary, this article attempts to reconstruct, on the basis of sources, fragments of the biography of Archimandrite Ambrose (Lototsky), a prominent graduate of Volyn Theological Seminary. The source of the research is the memoirs of his contemporaries, as well as articles published on the pages of Volyn Diocesan News. The analysis of these sources makes it possible to compile as much as possible the prosopographic portrait of Archimandrite Ambrose (Lototsky). The facts of the biography characterize Archimandrite Ambrose as a brilliant scholar who made a significant contribution to the development of church history and local history.

Key words: Archimandrite Ambrose (Lototsky), Volyn Orthodox Theological Academy, teacher, church history, Kyiv Theological Academy

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