Tikhon of Moscow

Hierarch

Commemorated January 25 · March 25 · September 26

Our father among the saints Tikhon of Moscow (Russian: Святитель Тихон, Патриарх Московский и всея Руси) (1865–1925), Enlightener of North America, was Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1917–1925).
While in America, he established his cathedral in New York City, and presided over a vast archdiocese , encouraging and authorizing many publications in the English language. Among these, he encouraged the translation of the Eastern liturgy into English by Isabel Florence Hapgood , and he wrote an extensive catechism based on the Nicene Creed and the Our Father . His feast day is celebrated on April 7 by New Calendar churches, on March 25 by Old Calendar churches; his glorification is celebrated on September 26 , and he is also commemorated on the feast of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia , celebrated on the Sunday nearest to January 25 , which was the date of the martyrdom of Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev , the first Bishop of the new martyrs.

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