Elias Wen

Fr. Elias Wen, Chinese name Wen Zizheng (Template:Lang-zh; 10 November 1896 – 9 June 2007), was the oldest clergyman of the Eastern Orthodox Church when he died aged 110 in San Francisco, California.

Fr. Elias jibinaa ko e nder galle miskineeɓe bricklayer/tiler to Pekin e hitaande 1896, o naati e diine kerecee en ortodoks e duuɓi 7.Tuggi 1905 haa 1916 o janngi to duɗal Mission Orthodox Russi to Pekin, caggal ɗuum to Seminaar toon tuggi 1916 haa 1915. O toɗɗaa ko diine e hitaande... 1924, e almuudo e hitaande 1925. Ñalnde 24 lewru juko hitaande 1935, o jeyaa ko e sosɓe fedde ortodoks Siin Shanghai ; o woniino gooto e cukko hooreejo tato fedde nde e les njiimaandi hooreejo Yu Ya-ching [zh].E hitaande 1946 o wonti rektoor e nder galle laamorɗo Ortodoks Riisi biyeteeɗo Surety of Sinners to Shanghai, o woniino kadi e les njiimaandi St. John (Maximovitch).

E hitaande 1949, o dilli lesdi Cayna haa Hong Kong, nde koministeeji njaɓii leydi ndii, e hitaande 1957 o dilli to Cathedral Virgin Cathedral to San Francisco, to o fuɗɗii gollaade e nder laamu John.

O ɓeydi haa o wondi protopresbyter nder hitaande 1981. O jooɗii nder kaadiiral ngal haa fuɗɗii yonki maako. Fr. Elias ɗon haani ɓiɓɓe mawɓe njowo, suka debbo gooto, ɓikkoy 14 e ɓikkoy njowo.