Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow

Saint

Tikhon of Moscow
Saint; Tikhon of Moscow
	Saint Tikhon of Moscow.
Confessor, Patriarch, Wonderworker; and Apostle to America
Born	Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin; 31 January 1865; Klin, Toropets District, Pskov Provence, Russian Empire
Died	7 April 1925 (aged 60); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodoxy; Episcopal Church (USA); Anglican Church in North America
Canonized	1 November [O.S. 19 October] 1981, New York City by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia; 9 October [O.S. 26 September] 1989, Moscow by the Moscow Patriarchate;
Major shrine	Donskoy Monastery, Moscow
Feast	7 April [O.S. 25 March] (Repose); also Episcopal Church (USA), Anglican Church in North America; 9 October [O.S. 26 September] (Glorification);

Tikhon of Moscow (Russian: Тихон Московский, 31 January [O.S. 19 January] 1865 – 7 April [O.S. 25 March] 1925), born Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin (Russian: Василий Иванович Беллавин), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). On 5 November 1917 (OS) he was selected the 11th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, after a period of about 200 years of the Synodal rule in the ROC. He was canonised as a confessor by the ROC in 1989.

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