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John (Snychov) of St. Petersburg

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Life
==Life==
Born Ivan Matveevich Snychov on [[October 27]], 1927 in to into a peasant family in Chersonese, the Chersones. The future [[metropolitan]] grew up in the Soviet Union, served in the Soviet army during 1944 and 1945 in World War II and only entered the Orthodox Church in 1943. With the end of the war, Ivan became a lay brother in 1945, serving Metropolitan Manuel (Lemeshevsky), the Bishop of Orenburg, who was Ivan’s spiritual tutor and protector.
In 1946, Ivan took his [[monasticism|monastic]] vows and became a [[monk]] with the name John (Ioann). John was soon [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] and, in 1948, was ordained a [[priest]]. During the years from 1948 to 1951, he studied at the Saratov Theological [[Seminary]]. He continued his theological education at the [[St. Petersburg Theological Academy|Leningrad Theological Academy]] during the years 1951 to 1955. After graduating from the Leningrad academy, he taught at the Theological Seminary of Minsk during the years 1957 and 1959. Then he taught during 1959 and 1960 at the Saratov Theological Seminary.
In 1961, Fr. John was was elevated to the rank of [[hegumen]], followed in 1964 to the dignity of [[archimandrite]]. In August 1965 he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[Bishop]] of Syzran. In 1969, Bp. John was appointed Bishop of Kuybyshev and Syzran, and in 1976, he was elevated to [[Archbishop]] of the same [[see]].
In August 1990, Abp. John was elected Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga. Early in his tenure in St. Petersburg, the Soviet Union collapsed, which gave the Church much more freedom from government interference. While Metropolitan of the St. Petersburg Eparchy he was able to re-open many [[monastery|monasteries]] and churches. He was able to revive a church press, and establish Orthodox radio and television programs. He also was an author and wrote on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church and historical philosophical works concerning the position of traditional Orthodoxy.
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