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==Life==
The future Abp. John was born on [[August 23]], 1902, in Moscow, Russia, as Prince Dimitry Shahovskoy. His early education was in St. Petersburg, but it was interrupted by the Revolutions of 1917 and the ensuing civil war. He served with the White Army and was evacuated from the Crimea to France Franc[[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:lynching3.jpg|right|frame|]][[Image:oto-1.jpg|right|frame|]]e at the end of the civil war. He continued his education at the Louvain University in Belgium, studying history and political economy. During the years 1923 to 1926 he pursued a number of literary adventures including publishing books of his poetry and editing a journal of philosophy and literature.
In 1926, young Dimitry turned to Christ when he entered the Monastery of Panteleimon on [[Mount Athos]]. There he made his monastic vows and was [[tonsure]]d with the name John by [[Archimandrite]] Kiryk. From Mount Athos he returned to Paris, France, under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of [[Metropolitan|Metr.]] [[Evlogy (Georgievsky) of Paris|Evlogy (Georgievsky)]] and studied at the [[St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France)|St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute]]. While at St. Sergius he was granted a mantya and was ordained a [[deacon]]. Going to Yugoslavia, he was ordained a [[priest]] by Bishop Benjamin on [[March 5]], 1927, and was assigned by Metr. [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev|Anthony (Khrapovitsky)]] to Belaya Tserkov. Here [[Hieromonk]] John began his life of priestly, [[missionary]], and educational activities. He distributed religious tracts throughout Yugoslavia through a publishing house that he established. These activities attracted many young Russian refugees to the Church but also provoked controversy with Metr. Anthony.
