Ambrosius of Georgia


Ambrose the Confessor
His Holiness and Beatitude the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
BornBesarion Zosime Khelaia
September 7, 1861
Martvili, Georgia
DiedMarch 29, 1927
Tbilisi, Georgia
Venerated inGeorgian Orthodox Church
Canonized1995 by Georgian Orthodox Church
FeastMarch 16 (29)

St. Ambrosius (Georgian: ამბროსი, Ambrosi) (September 7, 1861 – March 29, 1927) was a Georgian religious figure and scholar who served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1921 to 1927. Best known for his opposition to the Soviet regime, he was canonized in 1995 by the Georgian Orthodox Church as Saint Ambrosius the Confessor (ამბროსი აღმსარებელი, Ambrosi Aghmsarebeli).