Ambrosios (, secular name Aristotelis Zografos, ; born 15 March 1960,

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) is a bishop of the

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; the Metropolitan of Korea and Exarch of Japan (since 2008). He is also a professor at the Department of Greek Studies at

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He was born on the island of

on 15 March 1960. In 1983, he graduated from the Theological School of the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

. In 1985, he was ordained Deacon and in 1991 Priest. From 1988 to 1989 he served at the library and Icon Gallery of

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. From 1991 to 1993, he studied at the

Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) is a private Orthodox Christian liberal arts college and seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts. Its mission is to educate individuals for life and service in the Orthodox Ch ...

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, the U.S., where he earned a Th.M in Patrology. From 1993 to 1996, he studied at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

. In December 1998, he earned a doctorate degree with distinction from the School of Theology of the University of Athens. On 23 December 1998, he arrived in Korea to serve as Dean of St Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

. On 21 December 2006, he was elected auxiliary bishop of the Metropolis of Korea and bishop of Zelon by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Bishop Ambrosios was elected to the office of Metropolitan of Korea on 28 May 2008,Biography of His Eminence
Orthodox Metropolis of Korea. and was enthroned 20 July 2008, at St Nicholas Cathedral in Seoul. He received an honorary citizenship of the Seoul in 2010. On 28 November 2016, he was elected the president of the

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and served for a one-year term.

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Metropolitan Ambrosios
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zografos, Ambrosios 1960 births Living people Bishops of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 21st-century Eastern Orthodox bishops 21st-century Greek people Eastern Orthodox Christians from Greece Bishops in South Korea National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Eastern Orthodox missionaries in South Korea People from Aegina Greek expatriates in South Korea