Encyclicals

Iohannes IV - Pentecost 2007 - Transit Umbra, Lux Permanet

Letters: 

Iohannes IV - Feast of Holy Mary of Magdala - Ecce Mater Tua

Statements

Statement regarding attacks on the Apostolic Johannite Church

Statement in response to the Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod Resolution on Same-Sex Blessings

Statement on the overturning of the Ban on Same-Sex Marriages by the California Surpreme Court

Statement on the Vatican decision to excommunicate female ordinands


His Eminence

The Most Reverend
IOHANNES IV
Sovereign Pontiff and 
Patriarch of the Apostolic Johannite Church 
Primate of the Ecclesia Gnostica Joanita of North America

Originally consecrated on December 22nd, 2002 as Bishop of Alberta, The Most Rev. Mar Iohannes IV has served as Patriarch and Primate of the Apostolic Johannite Church since June 23rd, 2003. 

Complementary to his work with the Apostolic Johannite Church, Mar Iohannes IV currently serves as President of the North American College of Gnostic Bishops  

He is an accomplished student of Esotericism and Ritual, having attained Master of the Temple in the Ordo Sacrae Flammae and previously serving as Grand Master, as well as being a Free Initiator in the Martinist tradition and a Master Mason among others. 

In addition to these undertakings, Mar Iohannes IV is also an avid reader of history, and enjoys writing and playing music on several instruments when time allows.