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'''Metropolitan John (Theodorovych) of Philadelphia (1887-1971)'''

John may be written Ioann or Ivan.

Theodorovych may be spelt Teodorovych, Teodorovich, Theodorovich, Theodorovych.

What is concretely available on the internet about Archbishop John (Theodorovych) is not plentiful. Therefore, there are details missing.

==Early life of Ivan Theodorovych==

On 6 October, 1887, Ivan Theodorovych was born into the family of a priest in [http://itouchmap.com/?c=up&UF=-1043871&UN=-1547793&DG=PPL Krupets], [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=uk&u=https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259A%25D1%2580%25D1%2583%25D0%25BF%25D0%25B5%25D1%2586%25D1%258C%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0_%25D0%25B2%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BE%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D1%258C&prev=search&pto=aue Krupetsky volost], [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=uk&u=https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259A%25D1%2580%25D1%2583%25D0%25BF%25D0%25B5%25D1%2586%25D1%258C%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0_%25D0%25B2%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BE%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D1%258C&prev=search&pto=aue Dubno district], [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=uk&u=https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259A%25D1%2580%25D1%2583%25D0%25BF%25D0%25B5%25D1%2586%25D1%258C%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0_%25D0%25B2%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BE%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D1%258C&prev=search&pto=aue Volyn province], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire Russian Empire].

He was raised within the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Russia Russian Orthodox Church].

==Higher education==

Ivan studied theology first in a preparatory school in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev Kyiv], and then at the seminary in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhytomyr Zhitomir].

He continued his education, and he prepared to be a teacher. After completing the courses, he taught for 5 years.

During these years, Ivan was also married.

==Ordinations, 1914 ; 1915 ; widowhood==

Ivan Theodorovych was ordained to the Holy [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Deacon Diaconate] in 1914, and then to the Holy [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Presbyter Priesthood] in 1915.

At some time soon afterwards, his wife reposed in the Lord.

==Pastoral service==

Priest Ivan Theodorovych then became a military chaplain in the Imperial Army.

After the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution Bolshevik Revolution] in 1917, during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence First Liberation Struggle] in Ukraine, he served as Chaplain of the Grey Division of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_People's_Army the Army] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic Ukrainian People's Republic].

Later, he served in a parish in Mitinsk, and he began working towards the establishment of an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

==Background : Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church ; Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA==

The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_of_the_USA Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA] had its beginning in 1915, when several already-existing parishes and clergy of other Orthodox and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_United_States Roman Catholic] dioceses decided that the Ukrainian population of the USA had reached such a level that this distinctive ethnic group should have its own “jurisdiction”. There were many spiritual and political concerns which inspired this decision, and it immediately prospered in terms of the number of parishes and people who joined the movement.

The group sought and received spiritual protection under the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Omophorion omophor] of [[Metropolitan Germanos (Shehadi) |Bishop Germanos (Shehadi)]] of the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Antioch Syrian Orthodox Church in the USA]. Bishop Germanos provided the necessary guidance for the fledgling jurisdiction until a petition asking for a bishop was sent to the newly independent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church Autocephalous Orthodox Church] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic Ukraine], which had formed in October 1921 under the leadership of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl_Lypkivsky Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivskyj)] following the first declaration of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_People's_Republic Ukrainian Independence in 1918].

==Episcopal ordination, 1918==

In that same year, 1918, the Priest John Theodorovych was ordained to be a [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Bishop bishop] by [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259B%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BF%25D0%25BA%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9,_%25D0%2592%25D0%25B0%25D1%2581%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_%25D0%259A%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BD%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587&prev=search&pto=aue Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivskyj)] and [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=uk&u=https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%25A8%25D0%25B0%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D1%2597%25D0%25B2%25D1%2581%25D1%258C%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_%25D0%259D%25D0%25B5%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580&prev=search&pto=aue Archbishop Nestor (Sharayivsky)].

==Episcopal service==

He had been ordained to be the Bishop of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamianets-Podilskyi Podilsk Diocese].

In 1921, the Sobor of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Kyiv assigned Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivskyj) to be the head of the UAOC. Persecutions from the Soviet government (and resistance from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church Russian Orthodox Church]) deterred the UAOC from permanently establishing ecclesiastical order. Almost from the moment that Sobor concluded, the struggle for continued existence was doomed. Archbishop John (Theodorovych) rejected the claim of jurisdiction by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_of_Moscow_and_all_Rus' Moscow Patriarchate], which had replaced the Autocephalous Church in Ukraine.

[[File:Archbishop Ivan (Theodorovych) Winnipeg, 1924 2.png]] '''Archbishop John (Theodorovych) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1924'''

==Transfer to the USA, 1924==

In response to the request from the [https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States USA] for a bishop, Archbishop John (Theodorovych) was assigned in 1924 to care for the spiritual needs of the Ukrainian Orthodox faithful in the USA, and also of those in [https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States Canada]. He was not able immediately to take up the responsibility.

[[File:Archbishop Ionn Teodorovych C 1.png]] '''Archbishop John (Theodorovych)'''

In 1924, Archbishop John arrived in the USA, and he immediately convoked a Sobor, which would formalise the establishment of the Archdiocese as the American-Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA. At this time, [[Metropolitan Germanos (Shehadi) |Bishop Germanos (Shehadi)]] officially relinquished his authority over the Church, in favour of Archbishop John. Following the Sobor, under the guidance of Archbishop John, the life of the American-Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA began to take form. Although he did not live in Canada, he visited the parishes there and he supervised parish life there from the USA. The Archbishop remained in contact to some extent with the Church in Ukraine.

In 1924, a [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Tomos tomos] was issued by Patriarch [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Gregory_VII_of_Constantinople Gregorios VII], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople of Constantinople], which re-established the former Kyivan-Rus (Ukrainian) Metropolitanate as an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocephaly autocephalous] Church. It placed the responsibility of establishing a new Synod of Bishops upon Metropolitan-Archbishop [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Dionysius_(Waledy%C5%84ski)_of_Warsaw Dionisij (Waledynskyj)] of [https://www.britannica.com/place/Warsaw Warsaw]. However, by 1927 it was clear that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union communist government] would not stop its persecution of this church. By that year, the Communist government had arrested all of the Church’s hierarchs and most of its clergy, and it had destroyed most of the ecclesiastical properties.

By 1937, all the bishops had been executed, and there were no signs of the Church’s life perceivable. The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church had had no opportunity to plead its case for canonical recognition to world Orthodoxy.

The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_of_the_USA American-Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA] was deeply affected by these events. One significant fact was that Archbishop John had been ordained as one of the first 3 bishops of the Autocephalous Church in Ukraine, and he and the UAOC had not received canonical recognition by the rest of the Orthodox Church throughout the world. This ordination was called uncanonical. Despite several attempts to plead his case before the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarchate], no progress was made on the matter. All his correspondence went unanswered.

The clergy and faithful of the American-Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA, however, were undaunted in their conviction and their commitment to build their own independent church, which continued to grow and develop spiritually and materially. The Archdiocesan Centre was located in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia Philadelphia], a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminary seminary] was established, and the clergy required for serving the spiritual needs of the faithful were educated and assigned. They all worked hard in the establishment and building of new parishes all over the USA.

In 1928, a second group of Ukrainian Orthodox Faithful in the USA initiated a movement towards canonical Orthodoxy. Because of the questions surrounding the status of Archbishop John (Theodorovych), this group hesitated in affiliating itself with his already established jurisdiction, even though it was thriving. The first Sobor of this group met in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania Allentown], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania Pennsylvania] in the spring of 1929, and established itself as the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America. The Archpriest [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Joseph_(%C5%BDuk)_of_New_Jersey Dr. Joseph Zuk] was elected to be the administrator in order to organise the diocese, and at its 2nd Sobor in 1931 in New York City, he was chosen to be the first bishop.

In 1932, 2 hierarchs of the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Antioch Syrian Orthodox Church] in the USA ordained the Archpriest Joseph Zuk to the Holy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania Episcopate] at [http://stvuoc.org/ Saint Volodymyr’s Cathedral], on 14th Street in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City]. Bishop Joseph lived less than 2 years following his ordination.

==1936, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America accepted by the Patriarchate of Constantinople==

In 1936, the Ecumenical Patriarch [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_I_of_Constantinople Benjamin (Psomas)] accepted the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_in_the_USA Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America] under his omophor.

In 1937, [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2591%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD_(%25D0%25A8%25D0%25BF%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BB%25D1%258C%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0)&prev=search&pto=aue Bohdan (Shpylka)] was ordained to the Holy Episcopate to be the bishop of the diocese.

Under the guidance of Bishop Bohdan (Shpylka), the jurisdiction also began to thrive. The number of parishes and faithful grew, almost rivalling the growth of the American-Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA under Archbishop John (Theodorovych).

==Renewal of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine, 1941-1942==

In the autumn of 1941, Metropolitan [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=uk&u=https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%25A4%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BE%25D1%2584%25D1%2596%25D0%25BB_(%25D0%2591%25D1%2583%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B4%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D1%2581%25D1%258C%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9)&prev=search&pto=aue Feofil (Buldovsky)] of Kharkiv (ordained in 1923 to be a bishop of the Moscow Patriarchate), joined the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Autocephalous_Orthodox_Church Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church] (UAOC). In 1942, he became head of the UAOC in Left-Bank (Eastern) Ukraine. Poor health prevented Metropolitan Feofil from leaving Ukraine when the Bolsheviks retook Ukraine from the Germans in 1944.

On 24 December, 1941, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionizy_(Waledyński) Metropolitan Dionisij (Waledynskyj)] (also spelt Dionizy (Waledyński)), who was of the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Poland Polish Orthodox Church]-Ecumenical Patriarchate, and whose primary ordaining bishop in 1913 was [[Patriarch Gregory IV (Haddad)]] of Antioch, designated [[Metropolitan Polikarp (Sikorski) |Bishop Polikarp (Sikorski)]] (ordained in 1932 by Metropolitan Dionisij) to be the Temporary Administrator of the German-occupied Ukrainian lands, and gave him the title “Archbishop of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutsk Lutsk] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovel Kovel]”.

Also in 1941, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church convened a Sobor. The participants in the Synod, many of whom were Russian-oriented, decided to keep the Ukrainian Church in German-occupied Ukraine in canonical dependence upon the Moscow Patriarchate. Archbishop [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2590%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BA%25D1%2581%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_(%25D0%2593%25D1%2580%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B4%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9)&prev=search&pto=aue Oleksiy (Hromadsky)] was declared by the Synod to be Metropolitan of this church which came to be known as the “Autonomous Church”.

In 1942, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine was re-established during the period when there was a brief relaxation of religious persecution during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichskommissariat_Ukraine German occupation of Ukraine]. On 9-10 February, 1942, Metropolitan Dionisij (Waledynskyj) blessed the meeting of the Ukrainian Episcopate in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinsk Pinsk] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus Byelorussia]) at the First Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), which restored canonical ties and unity with the [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ecumenical-Patriarchate-of-Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]. During this notable meeting, on 9 February, Archimandrite [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259D%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580_(%25D0%2590%25D0%25B1%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BC%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587)&prev=search&pto=aue Nikanor (Abramovych)], and then on 10 February also, Archimandrite [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CH%5CU%5CHubaIhor.htm Ihor (Huba)] were ordained to the Holy Episcopate by Archbishop Polikarp (Sikorski), Archbishop [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2590%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BA%25D1%2581%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B4%25D1%2580_(%25D0%2598%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B7%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BC%25D1%2586%25D0%25B5%25D0%25B2)&prev=search&pto=aue Olexander (Inozemtsev)] and Bishop Yuri (Korenastov), who later became the Metropolitan of Warsaw. Metropolitan Dionisiy assigned them to serve as joint Vicar-Bishops of Archbishop Polikarp, with responsibilities in [https://www.britannica.com/place/Kyiv Kyiv].

Between 9 May and 17 May, 1942, the ordination of these new bishops of the UAOC occurred, with the permission of Metropolitan Dionisij, in the Cathedral of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew's_Church,_Kiev Saint Andrew] in Kyiv under the presidencies of the Vicars of the Metropolitan, Archbishops Nikanor and Ihor.

==Developments in Canada==

One of the bishops ordained for the renewed church in 1942 in Kyiv was [[Patriarch Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) |Bishop Mstyslav (Skrypnyk)]], who eventually went to [https://www.britannica.com/place/Canada Canada] to lead the Ukrainian Orthodox Church there.

Bishop Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) succeeded Archbishop John (Theodorovych) in Canada. However, Bishop Mstyslav left Canada within a few years and went to the United States to join the jurisdiction of [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2591%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD_(%25D0%25A8%25D0%25BF%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BB%25D1%258C%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B0)&prev=search&pto=aue Bishop Bohdan (Shpylka)] of Evkarpia. He had a great desire to unite the 2 existing jurisdictions in the USA. Bishop Mstyslav (Skrypnyk), who was a validly ordained bishop, persuaded Archbishop John to submit to a new ordination in order to resolve all the canonical questions about his episcopal status, and as a prerequisite to the unification of the 2 churches. It was in 1949 that Archbishop John (Theodorovych) agreed to the new ordination.

==Corrections by Constantinople, 1949==

On 27 August, 1949, Archbishop John (Theodorovych) was ordained privately to the Holy Episcopate by Bishop Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) and [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Christopher_(Contogeorge)_of_Pentapolis Metropolitan Christopher (Contogeorge)] of Pentapolis ([https://orthodoxwiki.org/Exarch Exarch] to the [https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States USA] of the [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Church_of_Alexandria Alexandrian Patriarchate] from 1947 until his repose in 1950).

This act resolved some of the questions regarding his previous ordination, and thus attracted a number of the parishes of Bishop Bohdan into his flock. Nevertheless, these 2 bishops (Archbishop John and Bishop Bohdan) were, themselves, considered by some to be of dubious canonicity, and both groups continued on independently. The 2 Ukrainian Orthodox jurisdictions under their separate leaderships co-existed in the USA for many years, and they both expanded. Archbishop John (Theodorovych) headed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Canada as well as the Church in the USA, and Bishop Bohdan (Shpylka) also established several parishes in Canada. However, despite becoming the largest Ukrainian Orthodox jurisdiction in the USA at that time, the diocese was still not recognised as canonical by the rest of the Orthodox Christian Church.

In 1950, the 2 rival jurisdictions held sobors (in the same cathedral in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York]), at which unification was approved by both. On 13-16 October, 1950, a combined unification sobor was held, at which both groups signed the act of union. However, the merger between those led by Archbishop John (Theodorovych) and Archbishop Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) was not achieved completely At this time, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD NKVD/KGB] "conducted 'operational surveillance' of the UAOC Bishop J Theodorovych, because in their opinion he had a harmful 'goal to unite Ukrainian emigrants in the struggle for Ukraine's independence'". Their activities may have had some effect. Some of the clergy and parishes under Bishop Bohdan were unconvinced of the sincerity of the UOAC group, and they convinced Bishop Bohdan to reject the union. Therefore, Archbishop Mstyslav essentially returned to the UAOC jurisdiction, along with some of Bishop Bohdan's parishes. Otherwise, the union was celebrated by those who actually participated.

[[File:Metropolitan John Theodorovych S.png]]

On Sunday, 10 October, 1965, Metropolitan John (Theodorovych), accompanied by Archbishops Mstyslav (Skrypnyk) and [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=uk&u=https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2592%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BB%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B8%25D1%2580_(%25D0%259C%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B5%25D1%2586%25D1%258C)&prev=search&pto=aue Volodomyr (Maletz)], blessed and sanctified the newly-constructed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew_Memorial_Church_(South_Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey) Saint Andrew Memorial Church] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey South Bound Brook], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey New Jersey]. There were hundreds of clergy and thousands of faithful people in attendance for this service, as reported by the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ukrainian_Weekly Ukrainian Weekly]". The Temple was constructed as a memorial to the Ukrainian Orthodox Christian clergy and faithful who gave their lives in their multitudes for the defence of their homeland and of their Faith.

==Repose, 1971==

On 3 May, 1971, Archbishop John (Theodorovych) reposed in the Lord in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia Philadelphia], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania Pennsylvania].

After the [http://www.archbishop-of-ottawa.org/content/burial-services-over-presbyter-or-over-bishop Funeral Services for the Burial of a Hierarch], his body was interred in the [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/811041/saint-andrews-ukranian-cemetery Saint Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery] at South Bound Brook, New Jersey.

[[File:Pic T E Teodorovych Ioan.jpg]]

— Bishop of the American-Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA 1924-1971.

— Bishop of Winnipeg and the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church of Canada 1924-1944. Preceded by : [https://orthodoxcanada.ca/Metropolitan_Germanos_(Shehadeh) Metropolitan Germanos (Shehadeh)]. Succeeded by : [https://orthodoxcanada.ca/Patriarch_Mstyslav_(Skrypnyk) Metropolitan Mstyslav (Skrypnyk)].

[[File:Иоанн (Теодорович) 1.jpg]]

==Reflections==

==Writings==

• "The Grace of the Hierarchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church" (Vinnitsa, 1922).

• “American-Ukrainian Prayer Book” (Philadelphia : American-Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, 1942).

'''Writings by various authors about the archbishop :'''

• [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://books.google.com/books/about/%25D0%259F%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B2%25D0%25BE%25D1%2581%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B2%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B0%25D1%258F_%25D1%2586%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25BA%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D1%258C.html%3Fid%3DSNEnAAAAMAAJ&prev=search&pto=aue Chaplin, Valentin, ‘The Orthodox Church in Ukraine and Poland in the 20th Century 1917-1950’, vol. 14 of “Collection of Church Histories” (Moscow : Krutitsky Patriarchal Representation, 1997). ISBN : 5787300068 ; 9785787300062.]

• (Fedchenkov), Metropolitan Benjamin, "At the Turn of Two Eras" (Moscow: Otchiy Dom, 1994) p. 309.

• Nikolaev, K N, "Eastern Rite" (Paris : YMCA-Press, 1950) pp. 287-288, 296.

• Petrushko, V, "Autocephalist Schisms in Ukraine in the Post-Soviet Period (1989-1997)" (Moscow : Saint Tikhon Theological Institute, 1998) 254 pp.

==References==

"The Orthodox Church in Canada : A Chronology" (Ottawa, Ontario : Archdiocese of Canada (OCA), 1988).

[https://uocofusa.org/history.html Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA History]

[https://uocc.ca/about/history/ "A Brief History of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada"]

[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=uk&u=https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2586%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BD_(%25D0%25A2%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B4%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587)&prev=search&pto=aue Ukrainian Wikipedia biography]

[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2598%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BD_(%25D0%25A2%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B4%25D0%25BE%25D1%2580%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587)&prev=search&pto=aue Russian Wikipedia biography]

'''Additional information :'''

Bilyaiv, Volodymyr, "On the Uniterrupted Wing (Touches to literary Portraits of the Western Diaspora)" (Donetsk : Oriental Publishing House, 2003) ISBN : 966-7804-57-7.

Tynchenko, Yaroslav Y, "[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=uk&u=https://book-ye.com.ua/catalog/dokumenty/ofitserskyj-korpus-armiyi-ukrayinskoyi-narodnoyi-respubliky-knyha-2/&prev=search&pto=aue Officer Corps of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1917-1921)]", Book 2 (Kyiv : Tempora, 2011) (in Ukrainian). ISBN 978-617-569-041-3.

[https://uocofusa.org Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA web-site]

[https://uocc.ca Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada web-site]

[http://orthodoxwiki.org/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_in_the_USA Orthodoxwiki article about the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]

[https://dompavlov.com/autocephalous.htm Article about the establishment of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_of_Canada Wikipedia article about the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]

[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_of_Canada Orthodoxwiki article about the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]

[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CT%5CE%5CTeodorovychIoan.htm Article about Metropolitan John in the Internet Encyclopaedia of Ukraine]

[http://www.ukrweekly.com/archive.htm Archive of the Ukrainian Weekly Newspaper beginning in 1933]

[http://ukrweekly.com/books/Ukrainians_Abroad/index.html#37/z ‘Ukrainians Abroad’ in “The Ukrainian Weekly”, pp. 26-27]

[http://ukrweekly.com/archive/pdf2/1965/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_1965-40.pdf 'Thousands Attend Memorial Church Blessing in Bound Brook' In "Ukrainian Weekly" vol. 72, no. 193]

[https://www.stvladimirsphila.org/history.html History of Saint Vladimir's Cathedral, Philadelphia]

[https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/PhotoGalleryDetails.aspx?ObjectID=G425&dv=True&adf=false Photo of the 1939 visit to Smoky Lake, Alberta]

[https://www.stvladimirsphila.org/history.html History of Saint Vladimir's Cathedral, Philadelphia]

[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/811041/saint-andrews-ukranian-cemetery Findagrave listing for Saint Andrews Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery]

[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141721679/john-theodorovich Findagrave listing for the grave of Metropolitan John]

[[Patriarch Gregory IV (Haddad)]]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_I_of_Constantinople Pariarch Benjamin I (Psomas)]

[[Patriarch Mstyslav (Skrypnyk)]]

[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%259B%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BF%25D0%25BA%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D1%2581%25D0%25BA%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9,_%25D0%2592%25D0%25B0%25D1%2581%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_%25D0%259A%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BD%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD%25D1%2582%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B8%25D1%2587&prev=search&pto=aue Metropolitan Vasyl (Lypkivskyj)]

[[Metropolitan Germanos (Shehadi)]]

[http://orthodoxwiki.org/Dionysius_(Waledy%C5%84ski) Metropolitan Archbishop Dionysius (Waledynskyj)]

[[Metropolitan Bohdan (Shpylka)]]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew_Memorial_Church_(South_Bound_Brook,_New_Jersey) Saint Andrew's Memorial Ukrainian Orthodox Church, South Bound Brook, New Jersey]

[http://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/news/the-church-commemorates-her-beloved-hierarch/ 2010 Memorial Service at South Bound Brook, New Jersey]

[https://www.uocofusa.org/news_120504_1.html 2012 Memorial Service at South Bound Brook, New Jersey]

[http://archbishop-of-ottawa.org/content/canadian-orthodox-church-history-project Canadian Orthodox History project no. 9a, pp. 43-55]

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