Background
IOANN, Ivan was born in 1912 in Pskov.
IOANN, Ivan was born in 1912 in Pskov.
1954 graduate Leningrad Theological Academy.
1925-1935 psalm-reader in various Pskov churches and sub-deacon to Pskov bishops. 1938-1941 secular work. 1941 ordained deacon, then priest, Pskov Cathedral.
1943 vicar in Pskov; 1944 vicar, Krctingen (Literature Soviet Socialist Republic) orthodox church. 1945-1948 dean, Pskov Cathedral. 1948 vicar, various Leningrad churches.
1958 took monastic vows. Until 1962 rural dean of an okrug, Leningrad Eparchy. During World War 2 in partisan movement against German forces.