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'''Hieromonk Bishop John''' (secular name '''Georgy Yevgenyevich Roshchin''', {{lang-ru|Георгий Евгеньевич Рощин}}; 22 October 1974) is priest a [[bishop]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] and elected bishop of [[w:Naro-Fominsk|Naro-Fominsk]], Administrator of the [[w:Patriarchal Parishes in the USA|Patriarchal Parishes in the USA]].
== Biography ==
He graduated from the [[Moscow Theological Academy and Seminary]] and [[Moscow Theological Academy]].
In 1996-1997, worked as an employee of the Patriarchate of Moscow Publishing Council. In 1997, he joined the staff of the Patriarchate of Moscow Synodal Department for External Church Relations.
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 RF [[w:Ministry of Justice(Russia)|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 [[w:Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography|Rosreyestr]].
From 2010 to 2013, he was the Executive Secretary of the Interreligious Council of the [[w:Commonwealth of Independent States|Commonwealth of Independent States]].
On 4 October 2012, the Holy Synod appointed him representative of the [[World Russian People’s 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 - Sergius Lavra, 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 (Journal Number 66) elected him as Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, and vicar bishop of the Diocese of Moscow with the title “Naro-Fominsk”.
On August 1st, the Feast of the Uncovering of the Relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia served the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. George the Great Martyr at Poklonnaya Hill. This date commemorates the 100th Anniversary of Russia's entry into the First World War. During the Divine Liturgy Patriarch Kirill led the Episcopal Consecration of Archimandrite John (Roshchin) as Bishop of Naro-Fominsk. == Sources Source ==* [http://mospatusa.com/news_140801_1.html Archimandrite John (Roshchin) Consecrated to the Episcopacy] ==External link==*[http://mospatusa.com/bishopjohnbiography.html Official biography]
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[[Category:Bishops of Naro-Fominsk]]
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]
