Metropolitan John (Wendland)
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Metropolitan John (Wendland) (1909-1989)
John may be spelt Ioann, Ivan.
Wendland may be spelt von Wendland, Vendland.
Note : The family name "Wendland" suggests that the family came from a region in present-day Germany which is referred to as Wendland. Some person(s) known as Wendland moved to Russia sometime after 1700 (this term began to be used in that year), and became part of the Imperial Russian Army, in the higher ranks. The term Wendland was used for Slavs who lived in that region (in and around Saxony) of Germany.
Early life of Konstantin Nikolayevich Wendland
Konstantin Nikolayevich Wendland was born on 14 January, 1909, in Saint Petersburg, in the Russian Empire.
His father was Nikolai Antonovich von Wendland (1870-1919). He was a Privy Councillor, a legal adviser of the Admiralty (the Navy), and one of the pioneers of colour photography in Russia. His mother was Nina Petrovna (born Kashneva) (1872-1943), an able artist and pianist.
Nikolai Antonovich and Nina Petrovna von Wendland
His elder sisters were Elizabeth Nikolayevna (nun Euphrosyne), who became a physician, and Eugenia Nikolayevna, who became an agronomist.
His grandfathers were Anton Adolfovich Wendland, and Nikolai Karlovich Schilder.
A great-grandfather was Karl Andreevich Schilder.
Through his family, Konstantin Nikolayevich was related to the poet M Yu Lermontov, and to the academician V A Fok.
Konstantin Nikolayevich Wendland was baptised into the Orthodox Church, and he was raised as an Orthodox Christian within the bosom of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Child Konstantin Nikolayevich
In 1917, due to the serious illness of Nikolai Antonovich, the family moved to Crimea.
Konstantin, Elizabeth, Eugenia
Bereavement, 1917
In June, 1917, Nikolai Antonovich Wendland, father of Konstantin Nikolayevich fell asleep in the Lord in Crimea.
After the repose of his father, Konstantin Nikolayevich experienced an emotional/mental breakdown. Later, however, he began to serve in the Altar of the Holy Ascension Church in Livadia, Crimea.
Holy Ascension Temple at Livadia, Crimea
In the autumn of 1921, he returned with his family to Petrograd.
Konstantin Nikolayevich received the usual primary and secondary education, both before and after the October Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 : during the last years of the Russian Empire, and the beginning of the Soviet Union. Some of his educational formation took place in Crimea.
Secondary education, Leningrad, 1921-1925-1929
In 1925, he graduated from the prestigious Karl May Secondary School (gymnasium). It was a private boys' school. Its long history was associated with families of German ancestry and others of high social status.
Undercover Christian activity after the revolution
In 1928, while he was still a student, he was accepted as a researcher at the Geological Committee.
At the same time, he attended classes at the Theological and Pastoral School, which was then at the Russian-Est church in Leningrad.
From the end of the 1920s, Konstantin Nikolayevich participated in the activities of the Orthodox Christian community in Leningrad (in the brotherhood of the Saint Alexander Nevsky Lavra), in which he was supported by Archimandrite Guriy (Egorov). There, he served as a volunteer psalm-reader, and he was tonsured a reader by Bishop Ambrose (Libin), the namestnik of the Saint Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Amongst the members of the community at that time were the future Metropolitan Leonid (Polyakov), the future Archbishop Mikhey (Kharkharov), and others.
Higher education
In 1925, Konstantin Nikolayevich entered the Leningrad Mining Institute, from which he graduated in 1930 as an engineer-geologist.
He had studied under famous geologists and professors V A Nikolaev and V N Lodochnikov.
In 1942, he defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of geological and Mineralogical sciences. The title of the thesis was "Petrology of volcanogenic Strata of the Tashkent region".
Secular work ; secret ecclesiastical service
Konstantin Nikolayevich worked in the Ural Mountains (at the Klyuchevskoy River chromite mine in the Kurgan Oblast), and he was a researcher at the Central Research Geological Prospecting Institute.
He then engaged in geological work in the Urals and in Central Asia. He taught petrography in higher educational institutions.
In 1933, Professor V A Nikolaev invited Konstantin Nikolayevich to take the position of an assistant in the department of petrography at the Central Asian Industrial Institute (SAZGRI). He accepted the offer and moved to Tashkent, where he also lectured at the Central Asian State University (SASU). Together with him, his mother and sisters moved to Tashkent.
At the same time, Konstantin Nikolayevich worked in the Uzbek Geological Administration, and he was engaged in geological surveying of the Almalyk ore region, and in prospecting.
In 1937, Konstantin Nikolayevich participated in the 17th International Geological Congress.
During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), he was engaged in the search for deposits of rare metals (tungsten and molybdenum) for the military industry.
After the end of the war, Konstantin Nikolayevich was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War".
In a relatively short period, he created his own school of geologists-petrographers in Tashkent. He was the author of significant scientific generalisations about the structure and origin of igneous rock massifs of the Western Tien Shan, which are reflected in collective monographs.
Konstantin Nikolayevich foresaw the inevitability of the emergence of a new section of the geological sciences : "geosomalogy" (the doctrine of geological bodies, having something to do with fossils). His ideas found their development in the doctrine of geological formations and stratigraphic geophysics, which was developed in the following decades.
His friend at the Mining Institute, Academician Vladimir Stepanovich Sobolev said about him : "He went to the priests, disappeared from science ; he could have become an academician".
In 1984, by then having been elevated to the dignity of metropolitan, he participated in the 28th International Geological Congress.
Covert ecclesiastical activities
In 1933, Archimandrite Guriy (Egorov), who had already been in prison several times because of his Christian activities. He had moved also to Central Asia, where the activities (on a reduced scale) of the fraternal community continued in secret, beyond the awareness of the soviet civil authorities.
The members of the community participated in secret worship services.
Because Konstantin Nikolayevich was an Orthodox Christian believer, and because he was known to Archimandrite Guriy, it was possible for him to be involved in this “underground” community. It was certainly a dangerous activity in the aggressively hostile atheistic Soviet Union.
Monastic tonsure, 1934
On 2 September, 1934, Konstantin Nikolayevich Wendland was tonsured to be a monk by Archimandrite Guriy (Egorov). This was done in secret. He was given the name John (Ioann) in tonsure.
Meanwhile, remaining publicly known as Konstantin, he continued his academic and teaching activities and other employment.
Secret Monk Ioann teaching a petrology class in Tashkent, 1935
Diaconal ordination, 1936
On 14 September, 1936, Monk Ioann (Wendland) was ordained to the Holy Diaconate by Bishop Innokentiy (Tikhonov) of Staraya Russa (a former monk of the Saint Alexander Nevsky Lavra, who had also been several times in prison). This ordination was done in secret.
Presbyteral ordination, 1936
On 16 September, 1936, Hierodeacon Ioann (Wendland) was ordained to the Holy Presbyterate by Bishop Innokentiy (Tikhonov). This ordination took place in secret also.
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Hieromonk Ioann (Wendland)
Pastoral service
After the ordination, Hieromonk Ioann (Wendland) continued to participate in the covert monastic community, and to worship secretly (all the while working at his scientific endeavours).
These were particularly dangerous years. 1937 and 1938 were years in which a very great number of Orthodox Christian bishops, priests, monks, nuns, and lay-persons were arrested and condemned to death. Many, many thousands perished in these 2 years alone.
With the beginning of the Great Patriotic war, the danger lessened somewhat, but there was no true safety.
It may be said that such people as Hieromonk Ioann and Archimandrite Guriy and the rest of the community survived only through Divine protection.
Open ecclesiastical activities
After the end of the Great Patriotic War, some things changed with regard to life in the Church. The intensity of the persecution waned for a time, and some Temples and institutions which had been closed were permitted to function again.
Holy Dormition (Assumption) Cathedral, Tashkent
In 1945, Hieromonk Ioann (Wendland) was able to begin to serve openly in the church. He served as a supernumerary priest of the Holy Assumption Cathedral in Tashkent.
Holy Assumption (Dormition) Cathedral, Tashkent
From 1946, he was assigned to serve as secretary of the Archbishop of Tashkent Guriy (Egorov).
In 1950, Hieromonk Ioann (Wendland) was elevated to the dignity of archimandrite.
Saratov, 1953
In 1953, Archimandrite Ioann (Wendland) was assigned to serve as rector of the Holy Spirit Cathedral in the city of Saratov.
Descent of the Holy Spirit Temple, Saratov
At the same time, he followed a correspondence course offered by the Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Theological Academy.
In 1956, he graduated from the Leningrad Theological Academy with a degree in theology.
During the 1957/1958 academic year, he was assigned to serve as the rector of the Kiev Theological Seminary in Kiev, Ukraine.
Representation in Damascus, 1958
In 1958, he was assigned to serve as representative of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Patriarchate of Antioch in Damascus, Syria.
After this, for 10 years, he was engaged in ecclesiastical and diplomatic activities, albeit in a different level of responsibility.
In 1958, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided that Archimandrite Ioann (Wendland) would be ordained a bishop.
Episcopal ordination, 1958
On 28 December, 1958, in Moscow, Archimandrite Ioann (Wendland) was ordained to the Holy Episcopate by Patriarch Alexei I (Simansky) ; Metropolitan Nikolai (Yarushevich) of Krutitsy and Kolomna ; Archbishop Macariy (Daev) of Mozhaisk ; Archbishop Guriy (Egorov) of Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporizhia ; Bishop Alexy (Konoplev) of Luga ; and Bishop Pimen (Izvekov) of Dmitrov.
Episcopal service
Bishop Ioann (Wendland) was assigned to serve as Bishop of Podolsk, and Vicar-Bishop of the Moscow Diocese.
He remained in the Podolsk Vicariate during the period of his work abroad.
At first, he remained in his responsibility as Representative to the Patriarchate of Antioch.
Exarch in Central Europe, 1960
On 30 June, 1960, Bishop Ioann (Wendland) was assigned to serve as Bishop of Central Europe, and Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Central Europe (Berlin and Germany).
On 22 August, 1961, Bishop Ioann (Wendland) was elevated to the dignity of archbishop.
Exarch in North and South America, 1962
On 16 June, 1962, Archbishop John (Wendland) was assigned to serve as Archbishop of New York, the Aleutian Islands and North America, and Exarch of North and South America. It was particularly during the time of his archpastorate in North America that the Russian Exarchate began to participate in the SCOBA inter-Orthodox organisation.
Saint Nicholas Cathedal, New York City
At that time, the exarchate included dioceses in the USA, Canada, Argentina and Brazil. Vladyka John was careful to visit as many parishes as possible, especially those in the USA, and also in the Diocese of Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada (led by Archbishop Panteleimon (Rudyk)).
On 22 February, 1963, his title was changed to “Archbishop of New York and the Aleutian Islands.
On 3 August, 1963, Archbishop John (Wendland) was elevated to the dignity of metropolitan.
Metropolitan of Yaroslavl and Rostov, 1967
On 7 October, 1967, Metropolitan John (Wendland) was transferred, and he was assigned to serve as Metropolitan of Yaroslavl and Rostov.
Metropolitan John (Wendland)
Since the cathedral and many Temples had been destroyed by the Soviets, many temporary measures were required to maintain and develop diocesan life and worship. The Nikolo-Penskaya Temple was being used as a temporary cathedral at that time. It was one of the few Temples that had not been closed during the Soviet era.
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Original Dormition Cathedral (until 1922) (left) ; Nikolo-Penskaya Cathedral (until 1987) (right)
During the first years of service in the Diocese of Yaroslavl, he visited all the parishes of the diocese.
Under conditions when the secular authorities carried out measures to constrain the Church, Metropolitan John tried to keep open and functioning all the existing Temples. He made sure that remote parishes were not left without priests.
In total, during his archpastoral service in the Yaroslavl diocese, he ordained 82 priests ; and he accepted into the diocese priests removed under pressure by the authorities from other places. He allowed for secret ordinations of some priests. For instance, secretly, he ordained to the Holy Diaconate and Holy Priesthood Nikolai Ivanov, editor of the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate.
The labours of Metropolitan Ioann in Yaroslavl brought about the construction of a new building of the diocesan administration centre with a Cross, sanctified in the name of the newly-glorified Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow.
On 20 March, 1969 Metropolitan John was included in the Commission of the Holy Synod on Christian Unity.
In the same year, he was a member of the delegation of the Holy Synod at the Conference of Representatives of all Religions in the USSR for Co-operation and Peace among Peoples.
In November and December, 1970, Metropolitan John served temporarily as administrator of the Diocese of Vladimir.
During this time, he continued to ordain priests secretly. He did this for many men whose candidatures (for various reasons) could not be approved by the state. Thus, in 1972, he ordained the Doctor of Geological Sciences Gleb Kaleda to the Holy Diaconate and to the Holy Priesthood. Father Kaleda served in secret for a long time, until the end of communism and the soviet state. After this, he served in the Moscow Diocese.
Metropolitan John
On 2 September, 1977, Metropolitan John (Wendland) he was awarded the right to wear 2 panagias.
On 13 January, 1984, he was awarded the Order of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, 2nd degree.
Metropolitan John with 2 panagias
Retirement, 1984
On 26 December, 1984, Metropolitan John (Wendland), according to his petition, was retired.
He was retired with the award of the Order of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, 1st degree.
In retirement, he continued to live in Yaroslavl.
In 1987, the Fedorovskaya Icon of the Theotokos Temple was returned to the Church, and it served as the diocesan cathedral until 2010. By that time, the cathedral of the Holy Assumption (Dormition) had been re-constructed, and it once again became the active cathedral of the diocese.
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Feodorovskaya Icon of the Theotokos Cathedral (1987-2010) (left) ; Holy Dormition Cathedral (after 2010) (right)
Metropolitan John with Archpriest Gleb Kaleda, January, 1989
Vladyka John observed while drawing, in retirement
Repose, 1989
On 25 March, 1989, Metropolitan John (Wendland) fell asleep in the Lord in Yaroskavl.
On the day of his repose, he had received the Holy Mysteries (Holy Communion). Until the last, he remained in a clear mind, spoke with loved ones, and blessed them.
On 27 March, 1989, the Funeral Service for the Burial of a Monk was served for him by Archbishop Platon (Udovenko) of Yaroslavl. The service for a monk was used in accordance with Metropolitan John's will.
After the completion of the funeral obsequies, the body of Metropolitan John (Wendland) was interred within the territorial enclosure of the Fedorovskaya Cathedral, and near the wall of the Temple.
Grave of Metropolitan John (Wendland)
– Bishop of Podolsk, Vicar-Bishop of the Moscow Diocese 1958-1967.
– Bishop of Central Europe, Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Central Europe 1960.
– Archbishop of Central Europe, Exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Central Europe 1961-1962.
– Archbishop of New York, the Aleutian Islands, and North America 1962. Preceeded by : Archbishop Dionysiy (Dyachenko).
– Metropolitan of New York, the Aleutian Islands, and North America 1963-1967. Succeeded by : Archbishop Jonathan (Kopolovich).
– Exarch of North and South America 1962-1967.
– Metropolitan of Yaroslavl and Rostov 1967-1984. Preceded by Metropolitan Sergius (Larin). Succeeded by : Archbishop Platon (Udovenko).
Metropolitan John/Ioann (Wendland)
Reflections
Some who write about Metropolitan John (Wendland) do so in terms which indicate that they consider him to be a holy man, a saint.
Metropolitan John (Wendland) of Yaroslavl and Rostov spent 31 years in the highest level of responsibility of the Orthodox Church, that is, a bishop. The Lord gave him many talents, and he developed, multiplied and applied each of them in the main work of his life of pastoral service. He was brilliantly educated, impeccably brought up in an aristocratic, noble family, having inherited all the best from his parents. Besides Russian, he spoke English, French, and German, and he was well-versed in literature, music, and art. He loved to draw. All these talents served him fully in his archpastoral service. Attracted by his unusual characteristics, and the exceptional qualities of his personality, the people who were near to him followed him along the path of salvation.
He was in correspondence with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Albert Schweitzer, German humanist and pastor. Metropolitan John was fond of painting, particularly watercolour, and his watercolours are now kept in the Yaroslavl Art Museum.
During his life, he gathered a large collection of minerals which are now on display.
Archpriest Mikhail Ardov wrote about Metropolitan John (Wendland) :
I remember that on some business I went to the regional executive committee, to the then authorised A.F.Z. It was about two years after my ordination, when he ceased to be suspicious of me. 'Well, how do you like our Metropolitan ?' the commissioner asked me. I began sincerely to praise Vladyka John. And he said to me : 'It is all so [...]. Only, he is too kind. He doesn't want to punish anyone'. Much later, when the Metropolitan was already retired, I recounted this conversation to him. Vladyka smiled, and then spoke quite seriously : 'This is my principle. In all the years of my episcopacy, I “have not broken the bruised reed, and I have not quenched the smoking flax” (Matthew 12:20). Only once I wanted to depose a priest (he had hit a woman) [...] And then I changed my mind at the last moment. He wrote to me in a letter : “Vladyka, you are depriving me of my profession. After all, I graduated from the seminary ; I can’t do anything else [...]”. And I forgave him'. - Mikhail Ardov, 'Little things [...]'.
Metropolitan John combined pastoral service with scientific-academic work. He was the author of an essay on the Gospel ; a book about Theodore Cherny ; and books about the saints of Crimea, which he considered a debt of memory to his spiritual teacher, Metropolitan Guriy (Egorov).
In his studies "The Bible and Evolution", "Time and Its Problem in the Bible : Reflections of an Orthodox Bishop", he considered the relationship between science and religion. He believed that the principles of the evolution of the world do not contradict the Christian world-view.
In 1984, he was a delegate to the 27th International Geological Congress in Moscow. He worked actively in the sections "Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry" and "Paleontology", where the issues of the early history of the development of the Earth and the evolution of life were considered.
Metropolitan John was distinguished by simplicity and accessibility in communication, sincere kindness, and genuine intelligence, and was not self-interested. He enjoyed the sincere love of the clergy and parishioners, and he had the respect of the local Soviet authorities.
In his declining years, he had the Grace-filled gifts of an old man : the gift of reasoning and love, the gift of consolation. As long as his health allowed, on Sundays and feast-days, he celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the cathedral. He translated theological books, and he was engaged in scientific research.
Metropolitan John translated from English the monograph by Paul D Garrett,"Saint Innocent, Apostle of America". He also translated the works of I K Smolich (published in Germany for the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia) : "The Life and Teachings of the Elders", and "Russian Monasticism : Origin, Development and Essence".
During the last year of his life he worked on "On the Perfection of the Human Nature of our Lord Jesus Christ". He wrote memoirs about Metropolitan Guriy (Egorov), and about members of his family.
Awards
State award :
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War" (1945)
Church awards :
The ecclesiastical activity of Metropolitan John (Wendland) was marked by awards from the Patriarch Alexei I (Simansky) of Moscow
The Order of Saint Prince Vladimir second degree
The Order of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, first and second degrees
The right to wear two panagias
The Order of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, awarded by Patriarch Theodosius VI (Abourjaily) of Antioch.
The Order of Saint Mark the Apostle, awarded by Patriarch Christopher II (Danielidis) of Alexandria.
The Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equals-to-the-Apostles, awarded by Metropolitan Dorotheus (Filip) of Prague.
He also received 2 medals from the Soviet Peace Foundation : a silver medal and a bronze medal.
Writings
Some selected writings by Metropolitan John (Wendland) : historical essays, sermons, speeches, reports
“In Memory of a Friend and Teacher, Metropolitan Guriy (Egorov) 1965”.
‘Prince Fyodor Cherny’ in “Theological Works” (Moscow, 1973), no. 11, pp. 55-77.
“Saints of ancient Crimea” (Yaroslavl : Diapress, 1998)
“The Bible and Evolution” (Yaroslavl : Diapress, 1998)
“Time and its Problems in the Bible : Reflections of an Orthodox Bishop” (Yaroslavl : Diapress, 1998)
“Prince Fedor (Black) ; Metropolitan Guriy (Egorov) : Historical Essays” (Yaroslavl : Diapress, 1999)
“About Pastoral Prayer” (Yaroslavl : Diapress, 1999)
“Lesson in the 5th week of Pascha, the Woman of Samaria” (Sretensky Monastery Publishing House, 2004)
“Sermon on the 7th Week after Pascha, Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council” (Sretensky Monastery Publishing House, 2004)
“Sermon on the Week of the Publican and the Pharisee” (Sretensky Monastery Publishing House, 2004)
“Metropolitan Innokenty : Missionary of Russian America 1797-1879” (Yaroslavl : Alexander Rutman, 2011)
“Letters from Bishop John (Wendland) to his spiritual Father, Metropolitan Guriy (Egorov) of Damascus 1958-1959)” (Sretensky Monastery Publishing House, 2022)
“Report on the Trip to the Federal Republic of Germany 29 January to 14 February, 1961” (Sretensky Monastery Publishing House, 2023)
Writings in the “Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate”
“Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate” (JMP) :
• ‘Trip of Archbishop Guriy to Samarkand’ in “Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate” (JMP), no. 11, (1952), pp. 68-71.
• ‘Resurrection Day, let us enlighten the People’ in “JMP”, no. 4 (1955), pp. 44-48.
• ‘Revealing the Mystery of the Cross in the Works of Saint John Chrysostom’ in “JMP”, no. 4 (1957), pp. 39-48.
• ‘Speech at the Nomination of the Bishop of Podolsky’ in “JMP”, no. 2 (1959), pp. 32.
• ‘Patriarch Theodosius VI in our Temple in Damascus’ in “JMP”, no. 6 (1959), p. 32.
• ‘The revived Shrine of the Church of Antioch’ in “JMP”, no. 8 (1959), pp. 76-77.
• ‘The Star of St. Vladimir on the Chest of Metropolitan Ilia (Salibi) of Beirut’ in “JMP”, no. 1 (1960), p. 75.
• ‘High Service [on the 15th Anniversary of the Patriarchal Service of Patriarch Alexy (Simansky)]’ in “JMP”, no. 11 (1960), pp. 52-62.
• ‘Christian View of Disarmament’ in “JMP”, no. 5 (1961), pp. 48-52.
• ‘Antioch Church Delegation in Pskov’ in “JMP", no. 10 (1963), p. _.
• ‘Eusebius of Caesarea and his “Church History”’ in “JMP”, no. 11 (1965), pp. 61-67.
• ‘In Memory of a Friend and Teacher [on Metropolitan Guriy (Egorov)] of Simferopol and Crimea]’ in “JMP”, no. 9 (1965), pp. 20-21.
• ‘A Word spoken on Great Friday in 1965 at the Saint Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York’ in “JMP”, no. 4 (1966), pp. 25-27.
• ‘Word for the Week of Antipascha’ in “JMP”, no. 5 (1966), pp. 30-31.
• ‘Visit to the Republic of Argentina’ in “JMP”, no. 1 (1967), pp. 32-36.
• ‘The Good News of Peace : Holy Prophet Isaiah’ in “JMP”, no. 10 (1968), pp. 27-32.
• ‘Speech at the first Meeting of the 4th Working Group of the Conference of Representatives of All Religions in the USSR on 2 July, 1969’ in “JMP”, no. 9 (1969), pp. 51-52.
• ‘In the Name of a just World and a better Life’ in “JMP”, no. 4 (1970), p. 41-45.
• ‘Fraternal Meetings with the Delegation of the Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia’ in “JMP”, no. 12 (1973), pp. 10-13.
• ‘Easter of Christ (Sermon)’ in “JMP”, no. 7 (1974), p. 19.
• ‘Easter Sermon’ in “JMP”, no. 4 (1976), p. 44.
• ‘On the Prayer of the Priests’ in “JMP”, no. 1 (1977), pp. 67-70.
• ‘Easter Days’ in "JMP”, no. 5 (1978), p. 32.
• ‘On the Day of the Nativity of Christ’ in “JMP”, no. 1 (1979), p. 32.
• ‘At the Beginning of Great Lent’ in “JMP”, no. 2 (1980), p. 33.
• ‘The Lord reigns in Majesty’ in “JMP” 1982, no. 8 (1982), p. 30.
• ‘We live or die - always in the Lord’ in “JMP”, no. 3 (1983), p. 35.
• ‘Word for Christmas’ in “JMP”, no. 1 (1985), p. 37.
• ‘On the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord’ in “JMP”, no. 9 (1985), p. 29.
• ‘Obituary of Metropolitan John (Wendland)’ in “JMP”, no. 12 (1989), pp. 22-25.
Writings in “Voice of Orthodoxy”
“Voice of Orthodoxy” (An organ of the Orthodox German Diocese of the Moscow Patriarchate, Berlin, 1952–1960) :
• ‘Christian Unity, Witness and Service in the Consciousness and Life of the Russian Orthodox Church’ (in German) in “Voice of Orthodoxy”, no. 6 (1961), pp. 27-44.
• ‘Sermon on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord’ in “Voice of Orthodoxy”, no. 9/10 (1961), p. 52-53.
• ‘Sermon on the Eve of Forgiveness Sunday’ (March 11, 1962) (in German) in “Voice of Orthodoxy”, no. 18-19 (1962), p. _.
• ‘The Awakening of the Church to a new Ministry’ (report in German) in “Voice of Orthodoxy”, no. 11/12 (1962), pp. 76-83.
• ‘Easter Message’ in “Voice of Orthodoxy”, no. 5 (1961), p. 13.
• ‘Commemoration of the Dead’ in “Voice of Orthodoxy”, no. 1 (1963). p._.
• ‘Sermon on the Holy Shroud’ in “Voice of Orthodoxy”, no. 5 (1966), p. 33-35.
• ‘Prayer for our Russian land’ (in German) in “Voice of Orthodoxy”, no. 1 (1971), pp. 21-23.
• ‘Interpretation on Psalm 93’ (in German) in “Voice of Orthodoxy”, no. 9 (1971), pp. 28-30.
References
ABC of Faith Biography (with video)
Orthodox Encyclopaedia biography
Additional information :
Ardov, M V, “Everything is for the better” (Moscow : BSG Press, 2008).
Mezhennaya, E L, “Metropolitan John Wendland : 'Let's do deeds of love' : Diaries. Letters. Memories”.
……, “Letters from Metropolitan John (Wendland) to Metropolitan Gury (Egorov)”
……, The Ninetieth Bishop, John Wendland (Yaroslavl : Upper Volga Publishing House, 1990)
……, Kazan Women's Monastery obituary
Pospielovsky, Dimitry, “The Russian Church Under the Soviet Regime 1917-1982”, 2 vols. (Crestwood, NY : St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1984).
Pronskikh, A A, “Metropolitan John (Wendland) : ‘It was a wonderful time ! I worked in the field of geology and at the same time served as a priest’ – on the 30th anniversary of his death, 110th anniversary of his birth”, p. 214. (in Russian) (2019)
Shkarovsky, M V, “Russian Orthodox Church under Stalin and Khrushchev”
Volkov, Y Yu, Obituary (with photo slide-show)
Zegzhda, Sergei, “Metropolitan John (Wendland) : Biographical sketch 1909-1989” (Yaroslavl, Russia : Yaroslavl Diocese Publishing House, 2009). ISBN : 9785942830304.
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