Bishop
He was born on May 8, 1881, in Petrykaw, into the family of a priest, Dmitry Pashin. In 1890, he entered the Slutsk Spiritual School, and then the Minsk Theological Seminary, which he graduated from in 1901. In the same year, he married Antonina, the daughter of a merchant. On October 21, 1901, he was ordained as a deacon, and on October 22, as a priest at the Protection Church in the village of Knyaz-Ozero. In 1903, he became the rector of the Nikolsk Church in Skryhalov, where he completed the construction of a chapel in memory of Saint Martyr Makariy. In 1907, the commemoration of the saint took place, gathering about ten thousand pilgrims.
In 1909, he was appointed rector of the Church of Saint George the Great Martyr in the village of Prilepy, where he opened a parish school. In 1915, his wife passed away, leaving behind two children. In 1916, he entered the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy. After the 1917 revolution, he returned to serve in the Georgievsky Church.
In 1921, the church was visited by Bishop Melchizedek of Minsk. In 1922, the Renovationist schism began, and in 1923, Bishop Ioann was consecrated as Bishop of Mozyr-Turov. He actively visited churches and organized the education of children in the Law of God. In 1926, he was arrested and exiled from Petrykaw, settling in Loyev, where he continued his pastoral work.
In 1926, he was sentenced to three years of exile in the Zyryan region. After completing his exile, he was appointed Bishop of Rylsk. In 1932, he was arrested again and sentenced to ten years in camps. In 1937, he was sent to Ukhtpechlag, where he worked in flower gardens and in the culture park. On October 31, 1937, three crosses were discovered, and he was arrested on charges of counter-revolutionary propaganda.
On December 2, 1937, he was arrested again and interrogated, but he did not confess to any guilt. On December 7, 1937, the Special Meeting of the OGPU Collegium sentenced him to death by shooting. He died on December 15, 1937, accepting a martyr's death for his faith.
