Ambrose (in the world, Abraham Serebrennikov or Serebryakov)

(1745 - 92). He graduated from the course at the Moscow Theological Academy, was prefect of the Trinity-Sergiev Seminary, . then the Moscow Academy, in 1784 he was consecrated bishop Olonets, . was later archbishop Ekaterinoslavsky and Locum Tenens exarchs Moldava vlahiyskoy ",
. Became famous sermons, dedicated Prince Potemkin, of which the most famous eulogy "last kiss". This speech Metropolitan Eugene called "a model of touching eloquence". He owns another translation of "Paradise Lost" Milton made with the French, and "Brief Guide to Russia's oratorio," repeating the rhetoric of Lomonosov. - Wed. Sukhomlinov, "History of Russia's Academy", t. I; Vengerov, "critical-biographical dictionary ', t. I.