Ambrose von Sievers, Archbishop of Gothia

+ Ambrose von Sievers, of the Metropolitanate of Gothia is a Bishop of the True Orthodox Church (Russian Catacomb Church). It is the successive church that has escaped the persecutions of the Bolsheviks and their successive agents. His church is considered in some circles as non-canonical because of it's refusal to submit to the KGB installed church. As the escaped Andrewite Bishop did canonically consecrate +Ambrose, it is believed therefore the church of the Goths is truly canonical unlike many other jurisdictions. However, the persecutions have continued, as the Clergy have been attacked and killed over the last two generations. 

The Apostolic Succession of Archbishop Ambrose von Sievers (two main lines)

Russian Orthodox Line Russian Orthodox line  Jesus Christ + Andrew, the Apostle of our Lord. Founded 38 Stachys, the Disciple, one of the 70 Apostles. 38 - 54 Onesimos 54 - 68 Polykarpos 69 - 89 Ploutarchos 89 - 105 Sedekion 105 - 114 Diogenes 114 - 129 Eleftherios 129 - 136 Felix 136 - 141 Polykarpos II 141 - 144 Athenodoros 144 - 148 Euzoios 148 - 154 Laurentios 154 - 166 Alypios 166 - 169 Pertinax 169 - 187 Olympianos 187 - 198 Markos I 198 - 211 Philadelphos 211 - 214 Kyriakos I 214 - 230 Kastinos 230 - 237 Eugenios I 237 - 242 Titos 242 - 272 Dometios 272 - 303 Roufinos 303 Provos 303 - 315 Metrophanes I 315 - 325 Alexandros 325 - 340 Paulos I, the Confessor 340 - 41, 342 - 34, 348 - 50 Eusebios 341 - 342 Makedonios I 344 - 348, 350 - 360 Eudoxios 360 - 369 Demophilos 369 - 379 Evagrios 379 Maximos I 380 Gregory, the Theologian 379 - 381 Nectarios 381 - 397 John I, the Chrysostom 398 - 404 Arsakios 404 - 405 Attikos 406 - 425 Sisinios I 425 – 427 Nestorios 428 - 431 Maximianos 431 - 434 Proklos 434 - 447 Flavianos 447 - 449 Anatolios 449 - 458 Gennadios I 458 - 471 Akakios 471 - 489 Favritas (Fravitas) 489 - 490 Euphemios 490 - 496 Makedonios II 496 - 511 Timotheos I 511 - 518 John II, the Cappadocian 518 - 520 Epiphanios 520 - 536 Anthimos 535 - 536 Menas 536 - 552 Eutychios I 552 - 565, 577 - 582 John III 566 - 577 Eutychios II 577 - 582 John IV, the Faster 582 - 595 Kyriakos II 595 - 607 Thomas I 607 - 610 Sergios I 610 - 638 Pyrros I (later returned as Pyrros II) 638 - 641 Paulos II 641 - 652 Pyrros II [same as Pyrros I] 652 or 654 Petros 652 - 664 Thomas II 665 - 668 John V 668 - 674 Constantine I 674 - 676 Theodoros I 676 - 678, 683 - 686 Georgios I 678 - 683 Paulos III 686 - 693 Kallinikos I 693 - 705 Kyros 705 - 711 John VI 711 - 715 Germanos I, the Confessor 715 - 730 Anastasios 730 - 751 Constantine II 754 - 766 Niketas, the Slav 766 - 780 Paulos IV 780 - 784 Tarasios 784 - 806 Nikephoros I 806 - 815 Theodotos, Melissenos 815 - 821 Antonios I, Kasymatas 821 - 826 John VII the Grammatikos 826 - 842 Methodios I, the Confessor 842 - 846 Ignatios I, the Prince 846 - 857, 867 - 878 Photios I 857 - 867, 878 - 886 Stephanos I, the Prince 886 - 893 Antonios II, Kavleas 893 - 895 Nikolaos I, the Mystic 895 - 906, 911 - 925 Euthymios I 906 - 911 Stephanos II 925 - 928 Tryphon 928 - 931 Theophylctos, Lakapenos, the Princeling 933 - 956 Polyeuctos 956 - 970 Vasilios I, Skamandrenos 970 - 974 Antonios III, Skandalios, also Stoudites 974 - 980 Nikolaos II, Chrysoverges 984 – 995 Leo Michael, the Syrian 991-1004 Leontius 1004-1015 John I 1015-1037 Theopemptus 1037-1051 Hilarion 1051- ? George 1072-1080 John II 1080-1096 John III 1096-1098 Ephraim 1096-1098 Nicolas 1098-1108 Nicephorus I 1108-1124 Nicetas 1124-1127 Micahel II 1127-1147 Clement 1147-1154 Constantine 1154-1160 Theodore 1160-1164 John IV 1164-1167 Constantine II 1167-1185 Nicephorus II 1185-1201 Matthew 1201-1205 Cyril I 1205-1237 Joseph 1237-? Cyril II 1240-1281 Metropolitans of Vladimir and of All Russia Maximus 1283-1305 Peter 1305-1328 As Archbishops of Moscow and of All Russia Theognostes 1328-1352 Alexis 1254-1378 Cyprian 1381-1407 Photius 1408-1431 Isodore 1436-1441 Jonah 1448-1461 Theodosius 1462-1467 Phillip I 1467-1472 Gerontius 1472-1491 Zosimus 1491-1496 Simon 1495-1510 Barlaam 1511-1521 Daniel 1522-1539 Joasaph 1539-1542 Macarius 1542-1563 Germanus 1564-1565 Phillip 1565-1568 Cyril II I 1568-1572 Anthony 1572-1581 Dionysius 1582-1587 Patriarchs of Moscow and of All Russia Job 1589-1605 Hemongenes 1606-1612 Philaret 1619-1633 Joasaph I 1633-1641 Joseph 1642-1653 Nicon 1653-1667 Joasaph II 1667-1672 Pitrim 1672-1673 Joachim 1674-1690 Adrain 1690-1700 Stephan 1700-1721 Joseph 1742-1745 Plato 1745-1754 Hilarion of Krutitsy, Coadjutor 1754-1757 Timothy 1757-1767 Ambrosius 1768-1771 Samouel of Krutitsy, Coadjutor 1771-1775 Plato II 1775-1811 Augustin 1811-1819 Serafim 1819-1821 Filaret 1821-1867(who on December 15, 1840 consecrated his successor) St. Innocent 1868-1879 Palladius Rayev (See Above) Macarius I 1879-1882 Joannicis 1882-1891 Leontii Lebedinskii 1891-1893

Ruling hierarchs of the Diocese of Kazan As Archbishops of Kazan Archbishop St. Gury 1555 to 1563 Reposed in office Archbishop St. Herman (Sadyrev-Polevoy) 1564 to 1567 to Metropolitan of Moscow Archbishop Lavrenty I 1568 to 1574 Reposed in office Archbishop Vassian 1575 Reposed in office Archbishop Tikhon I (Khvorostinin) 1575 to 1576 Reposed in office Archbishop Jeremiah 1576 to 1581 Reposed in office Archbishop Cosmos 1581 to 1583 Reposed in office Metropolitan Tikhon II 1589 Reposed in office As Metropolitan of Kazan and Astrakhan Metropolitan St. Hermogen 1589 to 1606 to Patriarch of All Russia As Metropolitans of Kazan and Sviyazhsk Metropolitan St. Ephraim 1606 to 1613 Reposed in office Metropolitan Matthew 1615 to 1646 Reposed in office Metropolitan Simon 1646 to 1649 Reposed in office Metropolitan Cornelius I 1650 to 1656 Reposed in office Metropolitan Lavrenty II 1657 to 1672 Reposed in office Metropolitan Cornelius II 1673 to 1674 Did not reach Kazan, transferred to Novgorod As Metropolitan of Kazan and Bulgaria Metropolitan Ioasaph 1674 to 1686 Reposed in office As Metropolitan of Kazan Metropolitan Adrian 1686 to 1690 to Patriarch of Moscow Metropolitan Markell 1690 to 1698 Reposed in office Metropolitan Tikhon III (Voinov) 1699 to 1724 Reposed in office Metropolitan Sylvester (Holmsky) 1725 to 1731 deposed Archbishop Hilarion (Rogalevsky) 1732 to 1735 transferred to Chernigov Archbishop Gabriel I (Russkoy) 1735 to 1738 transferred to the Great Ustjug diocese Bishop Luke (Konashevich) 1738 to 1755 transferred to Belgorod Bishop Gavrill II (Kremenetsky) 1755 to 1762 transferred to Kiev as Metropolitan Metropolitan Benjamin (Putsek-Grigotovich) 1762 to 1782 Archbishop Anthony I (Zybelin) 1782 to 1785 Archbishop Amvrosy I (Podobedov) 1785 to 1799 As Archbishops of Kazan and Simbirsk Archbishop Serapion (Alexandrovsky) 1799 to 1803 Archbishop Pavel (Zernov) 1803 to 1815 Archbishop Amvrosy II (Protasov) 1816 to   1826 Archbishop Jonah (Pavinsky) 1826 to 1828 Archbishop Philaret (Amphitheaters) 1828 to 1836 As Archbishops of Kazan and Sviyazhsk Archbishop Vladimir I (Uzhinsky) 1836 to 1848 Metropolitan Gregory (Postnikov) 1848 to 1856 Archbishop Athanasy (Sokolov) 1856 to 1866 Archbishop Anthony II (Amphitheaters) 1866 to 1879 Archbishop Sergei (Lyapidevsky) 1880 to 1882 Archbishop Pallady (Raev-Pisarev) 1882 to 1887 Archbishop Pavel II (Lebedev) 1887 to 1892 Archbishop Vladimir II (Petrov) 1892 to 1897 Archbishop Arseny 1897 to 1903 Archbishop Dimitri I 1903 to 1905

6. In 1897 LEBEDINSKII, Leontii (together with Archbishop Dimitri Sambikin of Kazan) consecrated

KHRAPOVSHY(Khrapovitsky), Antonii. http://glory2godonline.com/docs/apostolic_succession/apostolic_succession.pdf  (In 1900 Antony was made bishop of Ufa, and in 1902 bishop of Volhynia and Zhitomir. Later was President of the Russian Church Abroad) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_(Khrapovitsky)

5. In 1905 Khrapovisky, Antonii consecrated

Archbishop Dimitri II (Sambikin), he was Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk from 1905 to 1908

http://en.orthodoxwiki.org/List_of_bishops_of_the_Diocese_of_Kazan

4. On October 4, 1907, Chief heirarch Dimitri II (Sambikin) consecrated

Hieromartyr Andrew October 4, 1907) he was “consecrated bishop of Mamadysh, the third vicariate of the Kazan diocese”.

http://www.orthodox.net/russiannm/andrew-archbishop-and-hieromartyr-of-ufa.html

3. 1923 St.Andrew and Nicolas Ipatoff in Ufa consecrated

Abbakum (Borovkoff)

2. In 1928 St. Andrew of Ufa with Job (Grechisvkin) consecrated

Amphilochius (Shibanov) as Bishop of Tyumen Diocese. In the period of persecutions, around 1940 he secretly transferred to Transbaikal region and took Tchita cathedra.

His co-consecrator Job (Grechisvkin) was consecrated in 28^th of November 1922 by Andrewites' Bishops Mark Bogolunov and Trophim Yakobchu. he was re-consecrated in 1927 by Andrew and Abbakum in Ufa. Job Grechisvkin is a very important person in the Catacombs. He was martyred in 1940.

http://www.bibliorossica.com/book.html?currBookId=1753

1. In 1994 Amphilochius (Shibanov)

Ambrose von Sievers 1994

Background

1927 AD — Metropolitan Sergius Stragorodsky, a leading Russian bishop, declares the Church to be completely loyal and subject to the antichristian Soviet government. Several bishops throughout Russia protest against this declaration, and are forced underground, thereby forming the Catacomb Church of Russia. The Russian Church Abroad also protests. Sergius' followers later form the "Moscow Patriarchate," created by Stalin in 1943.

1928 AD — Council of Syzran-Yeltz-Vyshny-Volochok in Russia (Nomadic Synod), convened and presided over by Bishop Mark Novoselov, and attended at first by 3 other bishops and 3 priests, each representing a different Catacomb Synod (i.e. Danilovites, Josephites, Andrewites, Victorites, Yaroslavlites, Yedinovertsy, etc). This council condemns the renovationists as well as the sergianists as schismatics, declares them bereft of sacramental grace, and requires their chrismation upon reception into the Church.

+ Ambrose stands in a strict Israelite position! Amphilochius had his Gens' Legend that they have Benjamin origine.

The Gothian Church who represents +Ambrose has two local Bishops: David of Hersones and Dori Hilar of Tamantarchont & Redae.

The Catacomb Church of True Orthodox Christians has 4 Bishops from 1 Gens of Amossoff. It's old Novgorodian Noble Gens. They have Gens Legend of origine from Haggi of Gad's Tribe.