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'''Metropolitan John of Chersonesus and Western Europe''' (secular name '''Georgy Yevgenyevich Roshchin''', {{lang-ru|Георгий Евгеньевич Рощин}}; 22 October 1974, Moscow) is a ] of the ] and primate of the ]. {{Infobox clergy|child=|honorific_prefix=|name=<!--or: subject_name -->|honorific_suffix=|image=Fr Georgy Roshchin, Vice President, Moscow Patriarchate Department for Church Society Relations, Russia - Flickr - Horasis (cropped).jpg|image_size=<!--or: imagesize -->|alt=|caption=John, 2011|native_name=Георгий Евгеньевич Рощин|native_name_lang=ru|pronunciation=|birth_name=Georgy Yevgenyevich Roshchin|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1972|10|22}}|birth_place=], ], ]|death_date=<!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} death date first, then birth date -->|death_place=|death_cause=|residence=|nationality=Russian|other_names=|citizenship=|education=|alma_mater=|occupation=|home_town=|years_active=|spouse=|children=|parents=|relatives=<!--or: relations, family -->|religion=]|church=]|ordained=|writings=|congregations=|offices_held=|title=Metropolitan of Chersonesus and Western Europe|website=<!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->|signature=|signature_alt=|footnotes=}} |
'''Metropolitan John of Chersonesus and Western Europe''' (secular name '''Georgy Yevgenyevich Roshchin''', {{lang-ru|Георгий Евгеньевич Рощин}}; 22 October 1974, Moscow) is a ] of the ] and primate of the ]. {{Infobox clergy|child=|honorific_prefix=|name=<!--or: subject_name -->|honorific_suffix=|image=Fr Georgy Roshchin, Vice President, Moscow Patriarchate Department for Church Society Relations, Russia - Flickr - Horasis (cropped).jpg|image_size=<!--or: imagesize -->|alt=|caption=John, 2011|native_name=Георгий Евгеньевич Рощин|native_name_lang=ru|pronunciation=|birth_name=Georgy Yevgenyevich Roshchin|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1972|10|22}}|birth_place=], ], ]|death_date=<!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} death date first, then birth date -->|death_place=|death_cause=|residence=|nationality=Russian|other_names=|citizenship=|education=|alma_mater=|occupation=|home_town=|years_active=|spouse=|children=|parents=|relatives=<!--or: relations, family -->|religion=]|church=]|ordained=|writings=|congregations=|offices_held=|title=Metropolitan of Chersonesus and Western Europe|website=<!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->|signature=|signature_alt=|footnotes=}}<nowiki/> | ||
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⚫ | Since 28 December 2018, John is the primate of the ] with the title of "Metropolitan of Chersonesus and Western Europe",<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/5379622.html|title=Внутреннее положение о Патриаршем экзархате Западной Европы / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru|last=|first=|date=26 February 2019|website=Патриархия.ru|language=ru|trans-title=Internal Regulations of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-03|quote= 7. The supreme ecclesiastical authority in the Exarchate belongs to the Synod of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe (hereinafter referred to as the "Synod of the Exarchate"), headed by the Metropolitan of Chersonesus and Western Europe, the Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe (hereinafter referred to as the “Exarch”), and consisting of diocesan bishops of the dioceses of the Exarchate.}}</ref> as well as the primate of the ] ]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://mospat.ru/en/2018/12/28/news168464/|title=Patriarchal Exarchates established in Western Europe and South-East Asia {{!}} The Russian Orthodox Church|last=|first=|date=28 December 2018|website=mospat.ru|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-12-29}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/5330863.html|title=ЖУРНАЛЫ заседания Священного Синода от 28 декабря 2018 года (публикация обновляется) / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru|last=|first=|date=28 December 2018|website=Патриархия.ru|language=ru|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> | ||
Metropolitan John is also the former administrator of the ]. | Metropolitan John is also the former administrator of the ]. |
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Metropolitan John of Chersonesus and Western Europe (secular name Georgy Yevgenyevich Roshchin, Template:Lang-ru; 22 October 1974, Moscow) is a Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church and primate of the Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe.
John Roshchin | |
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Георгий Евгеньевич Рощин | |
John, 2011 | |
Born | Georgy Yevgenyevich Roshchin (1972-10-22) October 22, 1972 (age 52) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian |
Religion | Russian Orthodox Church |
Church | Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (Moscow Patriarchate) |
Title | Metropolitan of Chersonesus and Western Europe |
Since 28 December 2018, John is the primate of the Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe (Moscow Patriarchate) with the title of "Metropolitan of Chersonesus and Western Europe", as well as the primate of the Évêché orthodoxe russe de Chersonèse .
Metropolitan John is also the former administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA.
Biography
In 1991, he graduated from Secondary School №4 in Moscow with depth study of English Language.
In 1991-1993, he studied at the Faculty of Law of the Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities with a specialization. During the same period, he served as an altar boy of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on Sparrow Hills.
During 1993-1994, he held obediences at the Pskov-Caves Monastery.
From 1994-1997, he studied at the Moscow Theological Seminary. During the seminary training he served guide of the Church archaeological cabinet at the Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary.
In 1996-1997, worked as an staff member of the Publishing Council of the Russian Orthodox Church specializing in drafting Liturgical guidelines.
In 1997, he was appointed the Secretariat for Inter-Christian Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department for External Church Affairs
In December 1998, he was a member of the Moscow Patriarchate's delegation at the Eighth Assembly of the World Council of Churches (Harare, Zimbabwe) and was elected to the WCC Central Committee.
During 1999-2000, he studied at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York. In 2000-2002, he studied at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
From 2003 to 2009, as a member of the Secretariate on Church and Society of the Synodal Department for External Church Relations, he was in charge of inter-religious communication, including interaction with the Interreligious Council of Russia and the SNG Interreligious Council, and international interfaith organizations, was a member of the Commission of the Conference of European Churches "Islam in Europe", participated in the preparation and conduct of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Meetings of the joint Russian-Iranian commission "Islam-Christianity".
On 27 July 2009, the Holy Synod appointed him Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Synodal Department for the Coordination of Church and Society.
In 2009, with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all the Rus, he was a member of the Council for the Study of Religious Materials to identify extremist materials in the Ministry of Justice. He was the official representative of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, a member of the Commission on organising state support and the development of original Cossack culture, a member of the Public Council under the Federal Drug Control Service, and a member of the Public Council under Rosreyestr.
From 2010 to 2013, he was the Executive Secretary of the Interreligious Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
On April 19, 2011 in the cathedral church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit of the stauropegial Conception Convent in Moscow, he was elevated to the rank of archpriest by the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
On 4 October 2012, the Holy Synod appointed him representative of the World Russian People's Council at the UN and assigned him to St Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.
On 11 March 2014, with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all the Rus, the Superior of the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, Archbishop Theognost (Guzikov) of Sergiev Posad, tonsured him a monk with the name John in honour of St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco.
A Holy Synod decision, on 25 July 2014, elected him as Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, and vicar bishop of the Diocese of Moscow with the title bishop of "of Naro-Fominsk".
On July 28, 2014, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, at the Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, elevated him to the rank of archimandrite.
On August 1, 2014, in Church of George the Great Martyr at Poklonnaya Hill during the Divine Liturgy the Episcopal Consecration of Archimandrite John (Roshchin) as Bishop of Naro-Fominsk was performed by: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia, Metropolitan Juvenaly (Poyarkov) of Krutisty and Kolomna, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk, Archbishop Mark (Golovkov) of Yegorievsk, Bishop Sergius (Chashin) of Solnechnogorsk.
"October 15, 2018: The Holy Synod appointed him Bishop of Bogorodsk, in charge of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Italy.
December 28, 2018: The Holy Synod appointed him at the head of the Western Europe Exarchate, with the title "of Chersonese and Western Europe", as well as the head of the diocese of Chersonese . He temporarily continues to administer the parishes in Italy.
January 3, 2019: Patriarch Kirill elevated him to the dignity of metropolitan at the Kremlin Dormition Cathedral in Moscow, during the Divine Liturgy for the feast of Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow."
References
- "Внутреннее положение о Патриаршем экзархате Западной Европы / Официальные документы / Патриархия.ru" [Internal Regulations of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe]. Патриархия.ru (in Russian). 26 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
7. The supreme ecclesiastical authority in the Exarchate belongs to the Synod of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Western Europe (hereinafter referred to as the "Synod of the Exarchate"), headed by the Metropolitan of Chersonesus and Western Europe, the Patriarchal Exarch of Western Europe (hereinafter referred to as the "Exarch"), and consisting of diocesan bishops of the dioceses of the Exarchate.
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