| Metropolitan Tikhon celebrates namesday admin 09 October 2013 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon marked his namesday—the Feast of the Glorification of Saint Tikhon, the Apostle to America—by presiding at the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the Monastery Church of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk here on Wednesday, October 9, 2013. Among those concelebrating were His Grace, Bishop Michael; His Grace, Bishop Mark; Abbot Sergius; Archpriest Dr. Steven Voytovich; and the clergy of Saint Tikhon’s Seminary. Among the greetings received by Metropolitan Tikhon was the following letter sent by His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the text of which reads as follows. “Your Beatitude, Beloved Brother in the Lord and Concelebrant at God’s Altar: “Prayerfully concelebrating with Your Beatitude the commemoration day of your heavenly patron, St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, I cordially greet you with your Name Day. “I wholeheartedly wish you the inexhaustible God’s help in your primatial care for the strengthening of the Orthodox Church in America, good health and abundant spiritual gifts from our Heavenly Father. “May the All-Merciful Lord multiply and bless the years of your primatial ministry.” A similar message was received from His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion [Alfeyev] of Volokolamsk, which reads as follows. “Your Beatitude: I cordially greet you on the occasion of your Name Day—the commemoration day of your heavenly patron, St. Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. “Receiving spiritual support by the intercession of this God’s saint, one of the most revered first hierarchs in Russia and the whole Orthodox world, and studying carefully his missionary work in America and the heroic deeds which he performed as a confessor in Russia, you strive to herald zealously the words of eternal life (John 6:68) to those near and far, teaching the faithful to glorify and thank God Who according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (1 Peter 1:3). |
| Tweet Нравится Saint Patriarch Tikhon - His Missionary Legacy to Orthodox America Fr. Alexey Young Saint Tikhon, 11th Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia Most of what has been written about St. Patriarch Tikhon since his repose on the Feast of Annunciation in 1925, has centered on the short years of his patriarchate. Although this coincided with the most complex and difficult time in all of Russian Church history, all who take up the pen in his regard agree that he was the " right " man, chosen by God, for that critical hour. The Saint's English language biographer Jane Swan, has written: " It is difficult to assess the greatness of Tikhon....His spiritual growth was far beyond that of the ordinary mortal. " This finds agreement with the opinion of the Saint's contemporary, Prof. Pavel Zaichenko: " in speaking about Bishop Tikhon, I am seized with reverent trepidation This was a giant among Russian Orthodox hierarchs; he was truly worthy of the honor and respect of the entire Christian world.' The key to St. Tikhon's greatness lies in his personality, his character. Prof. Zaichenko recalls: " By nature Bishop Tikhon was kind, responsive and unusually sensitive. In his character he was quiet, merciful, good-natured and always tried to preserve in himself serenity, a serenity which he transmitted to the souls of all those around him. " Elsewhere it has been said that " he had a strong sense of duty and responsibility...moreover, he was possessed of an iron like self-possession and circumspection'' These were the qualities on which he built his fruitful activity as a missionary hierarch in North America. It was during these seven years, in the crucible of a pluralistic spiritual wilderness, that he refined and honed his insights into human nature and arch-pastorship. This period of Patriarch Tikhon's life and personal development has received little attention. Yet, his " years in America were not only extremely productive, as far as successful administration of his diocese was concerned, but for Tikhon personally, they were years of useful experience which served him well later on. Later in life, he mentioned the fact that his American sojourn not only widened his ecclesiastical horizon but also his political outlook...[since he] was thrust into a completely new environment including freedom of religion, no censorship, [and] the hurrying business-like American bustle...'' |
| Metropolitan Tikhon of all America and Canada completes his visit to the Russian Orthodox Church Source: DECR Natalya Mihailova 12 December 2014 The visit of His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, was concluded on December 10, 2014, after a stay in St Petersburg. The Primate of the Orthodox Church in America and his official delegation arrived in the northern capital on December 7. The delegation was accommodated at the Novodevichy Convent of the Resurrection. On December 8, the guests visited St Isaac’s, the church of the Holy Resurrection-on-the-Blood, the St Alexander Nevsky Laura, the Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Kronstadt and the memorial quarters of the Holy Righteous Ioann of Kronstadt. On December 9, Metropolitan Tikhon and his delegation were introduced to the cultural treasures in the State Hermitage, the largest museum in Russia, which has marked its 250 th anniversary. In the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, Metropolitan Tikhon, Metropolitan Varsonofy of St Petersburg and Ladoga and clergy and laity of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church in America lifted up a prayer at the miracle-working Icon of Our Lady of Kazan. His Beatitude also visited the Memorial Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul in the Ss Peter and Paul Fortress, the Ioann Convent on the Karpovka, in which the relics of the Holy Righteous Ioann of Kronstadt are kept, and the Chapel of the Blessed Xenia in the Smolensk Cemetery. On December 10, His Beatitude gave his benediction to the sisters of the Convent of the Resurrection, in which the OCA delegation stayed. As a token of his visit, the sisters presented Metropolitan Tikhon with a cross and a pectoral icon. At Pulkovo airport, the Primate and the delegation of the Orthodox Church in America were seen off by Metropolitan Varsonofy, Bishop Nazary of Kronstadt, Bishop Ioann of Naro-Fominsk, administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and St. Petersburg clergy. In recognition of their work to strengthen fraternal relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Church in America, Metropolitan Tikhon gave high church awards to Bishop Ioann, Archimandrite Alexander (Pikhach), D. Petrovsky, a staff member of the DECR, I. Sudosa, head of the St Petersburg diocesan protocol service, and V. Zavalny, St Petersburg branch of the DECR. |
| Metropolitan Tikhon to visit Russia at the invitation of Patriarch Kirill Source: OCA Natalya Mihailova 02 December 2014 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, will make an official visit to the Orthodox Church of Russia at the invitation of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow at the beginning of December 2014. “It is customary for Primates of autocephalous Churches to accept invitations to make irenic visits to Sister Churches,” said Archpriest Eric G. Tosi, OCA Secretary, a member of the delegation that will accompany Metropolitan Tikhon. Other delegation members include His Grace, Bishop Alexander of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese and Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky, Chairman and Director respectively of the Office of External Affairs and Interchurch Relations; Archpriest John Jillions, Chancellor; Melanie Ringa, Treasurer; Archpriest Nazari Polataiko, Secretary of the Archdiocese of Canada; and support staff. Joining the delegation will be His Grace, Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the US; Archimandrite Alexander [Pihach], OCA Representative to the Moscow Patriarchate and Dean of the OCA’s Saint Catherine the Great Martyr Representation Church, Moscow; and others. Metropolitan Tikhon and the members of the OCA delegation will arrive in Moscow on Tuesday, December 2, at which time they will be met by His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate; Archimandrite Alexander; representatives of the Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; and Moscow area clergy. Patriarch Kirill will concelebrate the Divine Liturgy with Metropolitan Tikhon, Bishop Alexander and hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Great Feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple in the Kremlin’s historic 16th century Dormition Cathedral on December 4. Metropolitan Tikhon also will meet with Patriarch Kirill. The itinerary also includes a visit to the Trinity-Saint Sergius Lavra, where the relics of Saint Sergius of Radonezh and Saint Innocent Veniaminov will be venerated; the celebration of the Vigil and Divine Liturgy on Saturday and Sunday, December 6-7 at Saint Catherine Church; and a dinner hosted by the US Ambassador to Russia, John F. Tefft at Spaso House. A visit to the Canadian Embassy also will be made. |
| Metropolitan Tikhon to open Villanova Exhibit February 8 Source: OCA Natalya Mihailova 03 February 2017 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon will preside at ceremonies marking the opening of an exhibit commemorating the 100th Anniversaries of the Enthronement of Saint Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow and the 1917 Russian Revolutions on Wednesday, February 8, 2017. The exhibit, titled “Blood & Soul: The Russian Revolutions of 1917,” will run at Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library through September 1. The exhibit is open to the public. Metropolitan Tikhon will celebrate a Memorial for the Revolutions’ victims at Corr Hall Chapel at 4:00 p.m. The exhibit will officially open one hour later. The Imperial Icon of the Feodorovskaya Mother of God will be present during the service. Co-curators of the exhibit are Archpriest John J. Perich, Curator of the Metropolitan Museum of the Orthodox Church in America, South Canaan, PA, and the Rev. Richard G. Cannuli, Curator of the University’s Art Gallery. “The exhibit will include a number of Saint Tikhon’s personal items, including his family icon, vestments, relics from Moscow’s Donskoy Monastery, and other items related to his tenure as Bishop and later Archbishop in North America, where he served before his election as Patriarch of Moscow in 1917,” said Father John. “Throughout the duration of the exhibit, several lectures and guest talks on Patriarch Tikhon and other important personalities of the time will be offered, together with a number of documentary films.” Tweet Donate Share Code for blog Metropolitan Tikhon to open Villanova Exhibit February 8 Natalya Mihailova The exhibit, titled “Blood & Soul: The Russian Revolutions of 1917,” will run at Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library through September 1. The exhibit is open to the public. Metropolitan Tikhon will celebrate a Memorial for the Revolutions’ victims at Corr Hall Chapel at 4:00 ... Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. |
| Examination of Royal Family remains may take several years, Bishop Tikhon says Moscow, January 1, 2016 A new team of experts will be formed to examine the remains of the Russian Royal Family, and a more complex examination is planned, said Bishop Tikhon of Yegoryevsk, a member of the special working group set up by the Russian Investigative Committee, reports Interfax-Religion . Photo by www.vesti.ru. “With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and at his request to the Investigative Committee a new team of experts is now being formed. A complex examination will be carried out for the first time – a historical, anthropological and genetic one,” Bishop Tikhon said on Thursday in his interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel. As he noted, the Church is grateful to the country’s leaders who have assured that, “there will be no haste and no deadline will be fixed for carrying out of this examination.” According to the bishop, there were also attempts to tie down completion of the expert examination to some specific date. “Now we have been assured that the scientists will be given as much time as they need (let it be approximately 2-3 years), and that the expert examinations will be carried out very thoroughly and by professionals,” Bishop Tikhon said. Recently the Russian Orthodox Church established a special commission for studying the results of the new examination of the Royal Family members’ remains. The commission is headed by Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga. Earlier a government working group was set up to deal with issues related to the examination and burial of the children of Nicholas II – Tsesarevich Alexei and Grant Duchess Maria – along with a special group at the Russian Investigative Committee. Representatives of the Church are among the members of these commissions. On September 23, 2015, at the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral of St. Petersburg, in the presence of Church representatives samples from the alleged skeletons of Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna were taken along with blood samples from the clothes of the last emperor’s grandfather – Alexander II – which he was wearing when assassinated in 1881. The samples were delivered to Moscow for testing. In November the tomb of Emperor Alexander III was opened. |
| The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Paul of Chicago and the Midwest Chicago, IL, December 29, 2014 Clergy and faithful from parishes across the Midwest gathered at historic Holy Trinity Cathedral here on the morning of Saturday, December 27, 2014 for the celebration of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, during which Bishop-Elect Paul [Gassios] was consecrated to the Episcopacy as Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest. Bishop-elect Paul, who had served as Administrator of the Diocese of the Midwest, was nominated by delegates at a special Diocesan Assembly held in Broadview, OH on October 7, 2014. On October 21, his name was presented to the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops, who elected him to fill the vacant Episcopal See of Chicago and the Midwest. Concelebrating with His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, were His Eminence, Archbishop Nathaniel of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate; His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West; His Eminence, Archbishop Melchisedek of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania; His Eminence, Archbishop Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas; His Grace, Bishop Irénée of Ottawa and Canada; His Grace, Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey; His Grace, Bishop Alexander of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese; and His Grace, Bishop David of Sitka and Alaska. Among those joining them were Archpriest John Zdinak, Diocesan Chancellor; Archpriest John Adamcio, Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral; Archpriest Andrei Papkov, who officially represented His Grace, Bishop Peter of Cleveland of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia; and the Midwest Diocesan Deans. At the outset of the Liturgy, Bishop-Elect Paul was brought before Metropolitan Tikhon and the bishops, at which time he proclaimed the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed and offered a detailed explanation of the Church’s Trinitarian and Christological doctrines. He pledged his personal commitment to uphold the Church’s canons and the teachings of the Holy Fathers and to preserve unity with his brother bishops. |
| Feast of Holy Fathers of 1917-1918 Local Russian Council established Moscow, May 5, 2017 Photo: Foma.ru At its May 4 session at Moscow’s Danilov Monastery, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church resolved to establish a new feast glorifying the holy fathers of the 1917-1918 Local Russian Church Council, to be celebrated on November 5/18, the day of the election of St. Tikhon to the Muscovite patriarchal throne, reports the press service of the Moscow Patriarchate. The decision was made after the Synod heard the report of Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg and Ladoga, the chairman of the organizing committee for the 100th anniversary of the opening of the local Russian Council and the restoration of the patriarchate to the Russian Orthodox Church. Central to the celebrations will be the August 15/28 celebration of the centenary of the opening of the local council, and the November 5/18 celebration of the election of St. Tikhon of Moscow as the first Russian patriarch in about 300 years, and the November 21/December 4 of the celebration of the enthronement of St. Tikhon. In addition to the election of St. Tikhon, the holy fathers of the 1917-1918 local council in general will also be celebrated on November 5/18, by decision of the Holy Synod. The fathers to be celebrated are: St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia († 1925) Hieromartyr Metropolitan Vladimir (Bogoyavlesnky, † 1918) Hieromartyr Archbishop Andronik (Nikolsky, † 1918) Hieromartyr Archbishop Vasily (Bogoyavlensky, † 1918) Hieromartyr Bishop Germogen (Dolganev, † 1918) Hieromartyr Bishop Ephraim (Kuznetsov, † 1918) Hieromartyr Bishop Lavrenty (Knyazev, † 1918) Hieromartyr Archimandrite Varlaam (Konoplev, † 1918) Hieromartyr Archimandrite Matthew (Pomerantsev, †1918) Martyr Alexey Zverev († 1918) Martyr Nikolai Varzhansky († 1918) Hieromartyr Archbishop Mitrophan (Krasnopolsky, † 1919) Hieromartyr Bishop Platon (Kulbush, † 1919) Hieromartyr Archbishop Tikhon (Nikanorov, † 1920) Hieromartyr Archbishop Sylvester (Olshevsky, † 1920) |
| Metropolitan Tikhon celebrates namesday Source: OCA Natalya Mihailova 09 October 2015 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, celebrated his namesday today—Friday, October 9, 2015—by serving the Divine Liturgy with the Chancery staff at Saint Sergius of Radonezh Chapel here. Photo: oca.org Metropolitan Tikhon’s patron—Saint Tikhon of Moscow, the Apostle to America—served as Bishop, and later Archbishop, of North America from 1897 through 1907. Ten years later—within days of Russia’s “October Revolution”—he was elected as the first Patriarch of Moscow since the time of Emperor Peter the Great, who had abolished the Patriarchate in 1721. Having suffered much in the aftermath of the Revolution, he fell asleep in the Lord on April 7, 1925 at Moscow’s Donskoy Monastery, where his relics are enshrined. May God grant His Beatitude many more years of inspired ministry as we strive to “expand the Mission” and vision of his patron, Saint Tikhon! Eis polla eti despota!! Tweet Donate Share Code for blog Metropolitan Tikhon celebrates namesday Natalya Mihailova Metropolitan Tikhon’s patron—Saint Tikhon of Moscow, the Apostle to America—served as Bishop, and later Archbishop, of North America from 1897 through 1907. Ten years later—within days of Russia’s “October Revolution”—he was elected as the first Patriarch of Moscow since the time of Emperor Peter ... Since you are here… …we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong. Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable. |
| Metropolitan Tikhon presides at Patronal Feast of St. Catherine Representation Church Source: OCA Natalya Mihailova 09 December 2014 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, presided at the celebration of the Vigil and Divine Liturgy marking the Patronal Feast of the Orthodox Church in America’s Representation Church of Saint Catherine here December 6-7, 2014. Photo: http://oca.org/ Established in 1994 in a chapel in Moscow’s Danilov Monastery, the OCA’s Representation to the Patriarchate subsequently moved to Saint Catherine Church, which had been closed for some 60 years during the communist era. The church was reconsecrated in June 1999. [ Read a detailed history of the church .] In recent years, the church building has undergone major renovations, in addition to providing liturgical services, Church school and adult education classes, and a variety of charitable ministries. [See related related story .] At the conclusion of the Saturday evening Vigil, the Akathistos Hymn in honor of Saint Catherine was celebrated, after which Metropolitan Tikhon presented certificates of recognition to several members of the parish in appreciation for their devotion to the community. “How are we to ‘bear testimony?’” in the face of adversary in imitation of the Great Martyr Catherine, asked Metropolitan Tikhon in his homily at Sunday’s Divine Liturgy. “By being bearers of Christ’s light. As Saint Paul says, ‘Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.’ We should cling to Christ and receive light from Him through prayer, through the Scriptures and through the services of the Church. We should strive to have His light permeate us and become a part of us. We only need to make a small effort and God will do the rest. He gives us the words we need, the courage we need and the endurance we need to bear testimony.” [The complete text of Metropolitan Tikhon’s sermon appears below.] Concelebrating at the Divine Liturgy with Metropolitan Tikhon were His Grace, Bishop Alexander of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese; His Grace, Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA; who Archimandrite Alexander, Dean and OCA Representative to the Moscow Patriarchate and the parish’s clergy; and the clergy members of the OCA delegation accompanying Metropolitan Tikhon. Also concelebrating was Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, Deputy Chairman of the Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, who represented His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. [From 1995 until 2002, when he was consecrated to the Episcopacy, Metropolitan Hilarion had served as a priest at Saint Catherine Church.] |
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