John, Bishop of Goth, Rev. Early life

Bishop John I of Rostov (Vladimir)

John - Bishop of Rostov (from 1190 to 1213), author of the Teachings on Colored Week.
John from 1190 to 1213 bore the title of Rostov, Suzdal and Vladimir.

The name of John I is largely associated with the establishment of the cult of Bishop Leontius, whose relics were discovered in Rostov in 1164. It is believed that it was he who introduced the celebration of the discovery of the relics of Leontius in 1190, and he also wrote the canon of Leontius, placed in the Menaion (also found separately in handwritten collections, for example, GPB, Titov’s collection, No. 241 (1962), sheet 90: “Canon to St. Leontius of Rostov, the work of John the Bishop”).
Relics of St. Leontius was opened on May 23, 1164. When they were digging ditches for the new cathedral church, the news was told: “they found a coffin covered with two boards; in bewilderment they opened the coffin and saw the face of Leonty, glowing with glory; the vestments on him are as if they were worn yesterday; so many years have passed and his sacred body has not changed. In his hand he held a scroll on which were written the presbyters and deacons appointed by his hand.” Celebration of St. Leonty, on the day of the opening of his relics, was installed by John, Bishop of Rostov, with the blessing of Metropolitan Theodore.

The chronicle reports on the construction activities of John I.
In 1194, Bishop John decorated the renovated Suzdal Nativity Cathedral by inserting into its façade a large white stone cross with an inscribed inscription “praise to the cross.”
Perhaps, under the book. Yuri Dolgoruky, the Assumption Cathedral was rebuilt from tuff, which was rebuilt in September 1194. During the restoration of the cathedral, Bishop. John “is not looking for craftsmen from the Germans, but the craftsmen come from the holy Mother of God and their own - some with tin, some with tin, others with whiteness” (PSRL. T. 1. Stb. 411). According to M.N. Tikhomirov, the message in the chronicle “indicates the existence in Suzdal of craft settlements that depended on the cathedral clergy and bishop” (M.N. Tikhomirov Old Russian cities. M., 1956. P. 398).
40-45 m north of the bell tower of the Assumption Cathedral of Vladimir, discovered in 1936-1937, lie underground. remains of the white stone fortifications of the Vladimir Detinets, built by Vsevolod III and Bishop John in 1194-1196. and cut off their courtyards and palaces from the city.
The Detinets Gate was a smaller and simplified copy of the Golden Gate. In their wide western wall there was a staircase to the upper battle platform, in the center of which stood the small gate episcopal stone church of Joachim and Anna, built two years after the foundation of the detinets, in 1196, by Bishop John.
Which will soon be consecrated. The Laurentian and Resurrection Chronicles report that this church was placed “on the gates of the Holy Mother of God,” that is, on the gates of the Assumption Cathedral. According to later life Prince of Vladimir Georgy Vsevolodovich, Bishop John founded this church “in his yard.” Thus it turns out that the child’s gate with gate church Joachim and Anna were at the same time the gate leading to the bishop's cathedral.
Next to the Assumption Cathedral there was an episcopal courtyard (1158-1160) with the Church of John the Baptist (1194) and a princely stone palace complex(1195-1196). The princely palace was connected by passages with the white stone staircase towers of the Demetrius Cathedral (1195).
Under him, a number of churches were founded, renovated, and consecrated in Vladimir and Suzdal; In this regard, the chronicler notes: “For God’s heart should open his eyes to the church thing, as if he were caring for it like a shepherd, and not a mercenary.”
In 1196, John crowned Prince Konstantin Vsevolodovich in Vladimir.
In 1211, John I crowned his son Vsevolod, Prince Yuri, and in 1212 he buried Grand Duke Vsevolod. With the death of Vsevolod, the career of John I also ended.
In con. 1213 Vladimir people led by Prince. Yuri was deprived of St. John's See (“expelled from the bishopric”), the bishop “dismissed the entire land of Rostov from the bishopric.” John leaves the bishopric and takes monastic vows at the Bogolyubsky Monastery, and then, apparently, goes to Suzdal, to the Kozmodemyansky Monastery.

On November 10, 1214, Pachomius (1214 - 1216), confessor of Prince, was consecrated Bishop of Rostov, Pereyaslav, Uglich and Yaroslavl. Konstantin Vsevolodovich. In 1214 (1215) the bishop of Suzdal and Vladimir was appointed abbot. Vladimir Nativity of the Theotokos Monastery of St. Simon Pechersky.

Memory

- June 23/July 6 in the Cathedral of Vladimir Saints.
- January 17/30 - the day of the repose of John I.

In the Church of the Ascension in Rostov, Yaroslavl diocese, there is kept a wonderful icon of the Rostov holy wonderworkers, among whom is St. John. It was probably John I.

Prince Vsevolod III the Big Nest. 1176-1212 - Grand Duke Vladimirsky
Bishop John I of Rostov
Prince Konstantin Vsevolodovich. 1216-1219 Grand Duke of Vladimir.
Prince Yuri II Vsevolodovich. 1212-1216 and 1219-1238 - Grand Duke of Vladimir.
Saint Simon of Pechersk, Bishop of Vladimir. mind. 1226

Date of Birth: November 8, 1966 A country: Russia Biography:

In 1983-1988. studied at the Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute (NETI, since 1990 - NSTU). After graduating from the institute, he remained to work in a research laboratory and studied in graduate school (by correspondence). In 1994 he defended his dissertation for the scientific degree candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, specializing in “Radiophysics, including quantum radiophysics.” Until March 1998, he worked as a teacher at the departments of Applied and Theoretical Physics and Antenna Systems of NSTU, the last two years as an assistant professor.

In 1996 he passed obedience in churches and men's monasteries, in 1997 he visited Nikolo-Shartomsky as a worker monastery in the Ivanovo region. Since September 1997, he studied at the Novosibirsk Orthodox Theological Institute and completed the first semester. On February 6, 1998, he again arrived at the Nikolo-Shartomsky Monastery for a permanent stay.

On April 17, 1998, in the Kazan Church of the St. Nicholas-Shartom Monastery, he was tonsured a monk with the name John in honor of John the Baptist.

May 24, 1998 in the Church of the Archangel Michael in the village. Archangel of Komsomolsky district, Ivanovo region. ordained to the rank of deacon, October 4 in Preobrazhensky cathedral The city of Ivanovo was ordained to the rank of presbyter by Archbishop Ambrose.

In 1998-2001 studied by correspondence in , in 2001-2005. - at the Moscow Theological Academy. In 2006, at the Moscow Theological Academy he defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of theology on the topic “The experience of building a dogmatic system based on the works of St. Basil the Great.”

In 1998-1999 - teacher at the Ivanovo Orthodox Theological Institute of the Apostle John the Theologian. Since 1999 - first vice-rector of the institute. In 2001-2005 and 2007-2009. - director of a boarding school for boys at the Nikolo-Shartomsky monastery. In 2000-2005 taught in Ivanovsky state university and Shuisky State pedagogical university, in 2005-2014. - at the Alekseevsk Ivanovo-Voznesensk Orthodox Theological Seminary.

In June 1999, he was appointed acting. rector of the church under construction in honor of All Saints at Ivanovo State University. In 2005-2006 - rector of the temple of the icon Mother of God“Joy to all who mourn” in Ivanovo. Since 2009 - dean of the Resurrection Cathedral in Shuya.

Since 2011 - Dean of the Nikolo-Shartomsky Monastery.

April 20, 2016 during the Liturgy in the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker p. Alferyevo, Teikovsky district, Ivanovo region. to the rank of archimandrite.

By Patriarchal Decree of July 20, 2018, he was relieved of his position as rector of the church. Life-Giving Trinity in Sviblovo, Moscow. By order His Holiness Patriarch Kirill on July 27, was relieved of the management of the North-Eastern Vicariate and appointed manager of the South-Eastern Vicariate, the Vicariate of the New Territories of Moscow, as well as the deanery of stauropegial parishes and Patriarchal metochions in the Moscow region.

By order of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of January 24, 2019, he was released from the management of the South-Eastern Vicariate of Moscow, retaining for him the vicariate of the New Territories of Moscow, as well as the deanery of stauropegial parishes and Patriarchal metochions outside the city of Moscow.

JOHN (SAINT, BISHOP OF GOTH)

John is a saint, a Gothic bishop in Crimea, a native of the mountains. Parthenita. In 754, when the Gothic bishop, to please Emperor Constantine Copronymus, signed the definitions of the monastic council in Constantinople and, as a reward for this, was made metropolitan of Herakleia, the Goths elected John in the place of the apostate. Around 780, John was in Constantinople and talked there with Empress Irina about the right faith. Returning, I found main city his diocese occupied by the Khazars, whom the Goths, according to John’s conviction, expelled. But the Khazar Khagan soon took possession of the city again, and John had to seek salvation by fleeing to the sea. He died around 785. His remains were buried in the Parthenon Monastery - the current St. George, near Balaklava. The Orthodox Church canonized John as a saint. Memory 26 June.

Brief biographical encyclopedia. 2012

Biography

John of Goth (Gotfsky) was born in the first half of the 8th century in the marketplace of Partenity (now the village of Partenit, Alushta City Council) in the family of Leo and Photina. His grandfather paternal line came from the “Armeniak theme” in Asia Minor, where he served as a spearman. Probably, the small homeland of John’s ancestors should be identified with the modern village of Vona at Cape Cham near the city of Ordu in Anatolia. Their ethnicity was most likely Greek, and they moved to Crimea due to the turbulent situation in their homeland. His mother, Photina, even before the birth of her son, made a vow to devote him to the service of God, thus, John “chose for himself an ascetic life from almost the cradle, having accomplished every virtue in word and deed.”

In 754, when the Gothic bishop, out of a desire to please Emperor Constantine Copronymus, signed the definitions of the iconoclastic council in Constantinople and, as a reward for this, was appointed metropolitan of Heracles of Thracia, the inhabitants of Gothia elected John to replace the apostate. John went to Jerusalem, where he spent three years, and then to Georgia, receiving approx. 758 consecration as bishop. Then he returned to his homeland. After the death of the iconoclast emperor Leo IV in 780, he visited Constantinople and talked there with Empress Irene about the right faith. At the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, which consolidated the victory of the icon-worshipers, he was not personally present, having sent his representative, the monk Cyril.

In 787, a fire broke out in Gothia, which was under the rule of the Khazars. popular uprising, supported by the secular ruler of the region. John was one of the initiators of the conspiracy and actively participated in it. The Khazar garrison was expelled from the capital of the region - Doros, and the rebels captured the mountain passes leading into the country. But the Khazar Kagan soon took possession of the city again. John was handed over to the Khazars. The Kagan spared his life and imprisoned him in Fullah. From there John fled to Amastrida, on the opposite shore of the Black Sea, where he died four years later. The bishop's body was transported to his homeland and buried in the Parthenon monastery - the current St. George, near Cape Fiolent, near Balaklava.

According to another version, his body was transported to Partenit and buried on Mount Ayu-Dag, in the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. This temple, according to legend, was built on the initiative of John.

Canonized by the Church as a saint. Memorial Day June 26 (July 9, new style). The Greek text of his life, written between 815 and 842, has survived.

The only temple in the entire Moscow Patriarchate, consecrated in his honor, is located in Partenit, in the courtyard of the Kosmo-Damianovsky Monastery (its upper chapel is consecrated in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “All-Tsarina”).