Our father among the [[saint]]s '''John of Novgorod and Wonderworker''' , also '''Ilya of Novgorod''' and '''Elias of Novgorod''', was the [[Archbishop]] of Novgorod in the latter half of twelfth century, between the years 1163 and 1186.<ref>F.Dvornik, ''The Slavs in European History an Civilization'', Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1962, ISBN: 0-8135-0403-1, p311.</ref> St. John is remembered on [[September 7]] and [[December 1]]. St. John is also remembered with the archbishops and princes of Novgorod on [[October 4]], and at the Synaxis of Novgorod hierarchs on [[February 10]].