John Meyendorff was a modern Orthodox scholar, writer, and teacher. His birth name was Ivan Feofilovich Baron von Meyendorff ("Иван Феофилович барон фон Мейендорф") and he was known as "Jean Meyendorff" during his life in France. Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Meyendorff completed his secondary education in France and his theological education at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris in 1949. Wikipedia
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