Johan Andersson studied in the St. Aphrem Patriarchal Seminary in Damascus Saydnada 2008-2011 where he received a Diploma from the late Patriarch H.H. Zakka Iwas I. Johan worked for five years as a youth director and secretary to the Patriarchal Vicarate of Sweden.
Johan has also translated the Syrian-Orthodox Prayerbook of Shimo into Swedish in 2016, as well as other works of the Syrian-Orthodox Church Fathers like St Philoxenus of Mabbugh and Aphratat, and was part of a committee that translated the Syrian-Orthodox liturgy into Swedish together with Rev. Fr. Aday Marouki, Madlen Marouki and Bashar Yacob.