| Saint Patriarch Tikhon – His Missionary Legacy to Orthodox America " But who is to work for the spread of the Orthodox Faith for the increase of the children of the Orthodox Church? Pastors and missionaries, you answer. You are right; but are they to be alone? St. Paul wisely compares the Church of Christ to a body, and the life of a body is shared by all the members. So it ought to be in the life of the Church also...The spread of Christ " s faith ought to be near and precious to the heart of every. Christian In this work every member of the Church ought to take a lively and heartfelt interest... " " Source: Orthodox America 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…” |
| Symposium on Patriarch Tikhon at Holy Trinity Monastery, 9-10 Oct Source: Orthodox Christian Network Natalya Mihailova 24 July 2015 Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary announces that an academic symposium “Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow (1865-1925): His Life and Times” will take place on Friday and Saturday, October 9-10, 2015, at Holy Trinity Monastery (ROCOR) in Jordanville, N.Y. The symposium celebrates the 150th anniversary since the birth, and the 90th anniversary since the repose of Saint Tikhon (Bellavin), the first Patriarch of all Russia since the restoration of the patriarchate in 1917, who also served as a missionary bishop in North America from 1898-1907, and became a confessor of Orthodoxy during the time of the Bolshevik persecutions. This conference features a diverse array of speakers, including pastors and scholars from North America and Europe, which will address manifold aspects of the life, work, and legacy of this monumental figure in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church. Dr Scott M. Kenworthy, Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at Miami University (Oxford, OH), will deliver the keynote address on Friday, October 9, 2015. Additional information and registration forms are available here . Holy Trinity Publications has recently published a new and revised edition of Jane Swan’s biography of Patriarch Tikhon . Tweet Donate Share Code for blog Symposium on Patriarch Tikhon at Holy Trinity Monastery, 9-10 Oct Natalya Mihailova The symposium celebrates the 150th anniversary since the birth, and the 90th anniversary since the repose of Saint Tikhon (Bellavin), the first Patriarch of all Russia since the restoration of the patriarchate in 1917, who also served as a missionary bishop in North America from 1898-1907, and ... 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. |
| Tweet Нравится The Quiet Courage of Patriarch Tikhon Georgiy Velikanov Patriarch Tikhon He wasn’t a theologian and didn’t possess the charisma of a social activist, like his “competitor” for the Patriarchal throne Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky). He wasn’t a talented administrator and deft politician like his successor, Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky). He wasn’t an uncompromising, fearless confessor of his convictions, like the man he appointed to be his first Locum Tenens for the Patriarchal throne, the rock of courage, St. Kirill of Kazan. Finally, he was not even a detached ascetic, as some would have liked him to be (for example the head of the “Danilov [Monastery] Oposition” to the Patriarch, Bishop Theodore [Pozdeyevsky]). But the faithful people loved and respected him like no other hierarch, like no other Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church after him. So, what was the secret of his charm and his influence over generations to follow? Patriarch Tikhon, without a doubt, was a “point of intersection” for all the Russian Church’s modern history. At him intersect all the different paths chosen by hierarchs and simple believers. Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky) in his for some sad, for others encouraging Declaration of 1927 would position himself as supposedly continuing the ecclesiastical-political course taken by Patriarch Tikhon. Those bishops who opposed Sergius would accuse the latter of departing from the “Tikhonite” line of behavior. In the emigration, those who supported the Church in the Soviet Union called it the “Patriarchal” Church. The new martyrs and confessors of Russia were glad to be in agreement with the holy Patriarch Tikhon (as Archimandrite Seraphim [Tapochkin] proudly quoted his interrogators where they described him as a “Tikhonite priest”). The first Patriarch after a 200-year interruption in the Patriarchy, St. Tikhon became not a church politician, but a father to his flock. This is just the kind of person the Russian Church was waiting for during that era when the entire former ecclesiastical and state order was being devastated. Nevertheless, by far not all his contemporaries—upholding all the different convictions—immediately valued His Holiness’s behavior and countenance. The renovationist “metropolitan” Vvedensky called him a “weak-willed, soft-hearted character who never wielded any authority.” He wrote that, “He was never known to be an outstanding orator… In general he is just a random individual.” “He’s always laughing and petting the cat,” was the impression Bishop Theodore (Pozdeyevsky) had of him. |
| The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop David of Sitka and Alaska Natalya Mihailova 22 February 2014 February 22, 2014 ANCHORAGE, AK [OCA] Faithful from parishes and villages across Alaska and the dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America began arriving early at the spacious Saint Innocent Cathedral here on the morning of Friday, February 21, 2014 for the celebration of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, during which Bishop-Elect David [Mahaffey] was consecrated to the episcopacy as Bishop of Sitka and Alaska. Over forty priests and deacons joined His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin; His Grace, Bishop Michael; His Grace, Bishop Ireneu; and His Grace, Bishop Irénée in welcoming His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon at the cathedral entrance. Joining them were the Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America, Archpriest John Jillions and the Chancellor of the Diocese of Alaska, Archpriest Victor Nick. Also present were Bishop-Elect David’s children, their spouses, and his granddaughter. At the outset of the Liturgy, Father Jillions and Archdeacon Kirill Sokolov brought Bishop-Elect David before Metropolitan Tikhon and the bishops, seated in the center of the cathedral, where he read the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, followed by a detailed explanation of the Church’s Trinitarian and Christological doctrines. He then read his personal commitment to uphold the Church’s canons and the teachings of the Holy Fathers and to preserve unity with his brother bishops. Referencing 2 Timothy 2:24-25, Bishop-Elect David proclaimed, “I will deal with the opponents of the Holy Church reasonably, uprightly and gently, as taught by the Apostle Paul, ‘for the servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but kindly to everyone, an apt teacher, forbearing, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant that they will repent and come to know the truth.’ I promise to visit and watch over the flock which is now entrusted to me after the manner of the Apostles, so that they remain true to the Faith and true in the performance of good works. I will show special concern for the priests. I promise to inspect with diligence, to exhort and to restrain, in order that schisms, superstitions and unholy venerations and customs contrary to Christian teaching of piety and good morals may not arise or injure the Christian way of life.” |
| Metropolitan Tikhon speaks at NY memorial for Coptic martyrs Source: OCA Natalya Mihailova 21 February 2015 His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon spoke at a memorial for the 21 Coptic Christians who were beheaded by IS in Libya at Archangel Michael and Saint Mena Coptic Orthodox Church here on the evening of Thursday, February 19, 2015. “There are those who would overcome the world with weapons of violence, but this is not our way,” said Metropolitan Tikhon in his address to the gathering. “There are those who cling to death and to sin in order to bring about more death and more evil, but this is not our way. There are those who blame religion for tragedies such as the one we mourn today, but they are blind to the reality that true believers become such only when their hearts are purified of sin and their lives filled with the light of the Resurrection.” The gathering was hosted by His Grace, Bishop David of New York and New England of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Among those in attendance were His Grace, Bishop Sevastianos of Zela, Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, who spoke on behalf of His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios and the Archdiocese. Other attendees included His Eminence, Archbishop Zekarias of the Ethiopian Church; His Eminence, Archbishop Silvanos of the Syriac Church; numerous other hierarchs and clergy from the Oriental Churches; Roman Catholic hierarchs Timothy Cardinal Dolan of New York and Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Center, NY; Archpriest John Jillions, Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America; Protodeacon Joseph Matusiak; civic and political leaders from Staten Island and Brooklyn; and representatives of the New York City Police and Fire departments. Local media and Lauren Green from Fox News also were present. Tweet Donate Share Code for blog Metropolitan Tikhon speaks at NY memorial for Coptic martyrs Natalya Mihailova “There are those who would overcome the world with weapons of violence, but this is not our way,” said Metropolitan Tikhon in his address to the gathering. “There are those who cling to death and to sin in order to bring about more death and more evil, but this is not our way. There are those who ... |
| Metropolitan Tikhon with Antiochian Bishop Anthony and Greek Archbishop Demetrios at funeral. His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon represented the Orthodox Church in America at the funeral of the Rev. Billy Graham on Friday, March 2, 2018. Also in attendance at the funeral, which was celebrated at the Billy Graham Library, Charlotte, NC, were His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; His Grace, Bishop Anthony of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America’s Diocese of Toledo, who represented His Eminence, Metropolitan Joseph; representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate; and His Grace, Bishop Mar Aprim Khamis of the Assyrian Church of the East. Over 2000 invited guests, including 200 members of the Graham family, were present for the funeral for the Rev. Graham, who died on Wednesday, February 21 at the age of 99. US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were among those in attendance. The Rev. Graham was no stranger to Orthodox Christianity. In the 1980s he visited and preached in the Soviet Union—unprecedented during that era. He also had visited Romania and other traditionally Orthodox Christian lands. The relationship between the OCA and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association began to develop during preparations for the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians , “Martyrs For Christ,” held in Washington, DC in May 2017. Metropolitan Tikhon was among those invited to address the gathering . At the repast for guests that followed services and interment, Metropolitan Tikhon offered an opening prayer. “O God of love and compassion, Lord of truth and judgment, we pray to You today in thanksgiving for the life and evangelistic ministry of our brother, Reverend Billy Graham, as a servant and minister of the Good News of Christ,” Metropolitan Tikhon prayed. “Billy Graham was the voice of the Gospel for many millions of people on every continent. He gave witness to the Gospel with zeal, yet with respect for Christian traditions other than his own—whether Protestant or Anglican or Catholic or Orthodox. |
| Archbishop Tikhon elected Metropolitan of All America and Canada November 15, 2012 Archbishop Tikhon (Mollard). His Eminence, Archbishop Tikhon, Archbishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, was elected Primate of the Orthodox Church in America during the 17th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America at Holy Trinity Church here Tuesday, November 13, 2012, reports the official website of the OCA . Six hundred and sixty three hierarchs, clergy and lay delegates and observers representing OCA parishes across the US, Canada, and Mexico participated in the Council. Five hundred and ninety were eligible to vote. No single candidate received the required two-thirds margin on the first ballot. On the second ballot, His Eminence, Archbishop Tikhon of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania and His Grace, Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey, received 317 and 355 votes respectively. The members of the Holy Synod retired into the altar where they elected Archbishop Tikhon. His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada was born Marc R. Mollard in Boston, MA on July 15, 1966, the eldest of three children born to Francois and Elizabeth Mollard. After brief periods living in Connecticut, France, and Missouri, he and his family settled in Reading, PA, where he graduated from Wyomissing High School in 1984. In 1988 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Sociology from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, after which he moved to Chicago. In 1989 he was received into the Orthodox Church from Episcopalianism and, in the fall of the same year, he began studies at Saint Tikhon’s Seminary, South Canaan, PA. One year later he entered the monastic community at Saint Tikhon’s Monastery as a novice. He was awarded the Master of Divinity degree from Saint Tikhon’s Seminary in 1993, after which he was appointed Instructor in Old Testament and subsequently Senior Lecturer in Old Testament, teaching Master level courses in the Prophets and the Psalms and Wisdom Literature. He also served as an Instructor in the seminary’s Extension Studies program, offering courses in the lives of the Old Testament saints, the liturgical use of the Old Testament, and the Old Testament in patristic literature. |
| Fifteenth Anniversary of the Rebirth of Monastic Life in Sretensky Monastery. The First-Hierarch of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) congratulates Archimandrite Tikhon and brothers of Sretensky Monastery/Православие.Ru Fifteenth Anniversary of the Rebirth of Monastic Life in Sretensky Monastery. The First-Hierarch of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) congratulates Archimandrite Tikhon and brothers of Sretensky Monastery June 3, 2009 V. Rev. Archimandrite Tikhon, Abbot Monastery of the Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Theotokos ( " Sretensky " Monastery) Moscow, Russia Dear Father Tikhon: It brings me great joy to be able to congratulate you and the entire monastic brotherhood of " Sretensky " Monastery on the occasion of your 15 th Anniversary of the revival of monastic life at your holy habitation. Indeed, there is much that unites the Orthodox Church in America with Sretensky Monastery. It is well known that the ever-memorable Bishop BASIL (Rodzianko) played an integral role in the spiritual formation of the brotherhood of Sretensky Monastery during the early 1990 " s. His Grace was a frequent visitor to your holy habitation and a spiritual advisor to many of the first monastics during the early years of the monastery. In addition, we know that our current Representative to the Russian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Zacchaeus, while still a hieromonk and then later Igumen labored at Sretensky Monastery while continuing his education at St. Tikhon Orthodox Institute, thus also continuing the spiritual connection that exists between your monastery and the Orthodox Church in America. The brotherly love that exists between our Representative and the Abbot and the brotherhood of Sretensky Monastery is apparent and brings joy to my heart. It is with great fondness and spiritual joys that I remember my visits to Sretensky Monastery during the days of revival in the 1990 " s and then once again as the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America during my first Primatial visit earlier this year. 1 am also aware that you, dear Father Tikhon, with the blessing of the Most Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia also received my two predecessors during their visits to Moscow, thus enabling them to see the positive work of the monastic brotherhood of Sretensky Monastery. |
| October 9-10: St. Tikhon Patriarch of Moscow: His Life and Times Symposium at Holy Trinity Seminary Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary announces that an academic symposium Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow (1865-1925): His Life and Times will take place on Friday and Saturday, October 9-10, 2015, at Holy Trinity Monastery (ROCOR) in Jordanville, N.Y. St. Tikhon in Alaska The symposium celebrates the 150 th anniversary since the birth, and the 90 th anniversary since the repose of Saint Tikhon (Bellavin), the first Patriarch of all Russia since the restoration of the patriarchate in 1917, who also served as a missionary bishop in North America from 1898-1907, and became a confessor of Orthodoxy during the time of the Bolshevik persecutions. This conference features a diverse array of speakers, including pastors and scholars from North America and Europe, which will address manifold aspects of the life, work, and legacy of this monumental figure in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church. Click here to view the full conference program. Dr. Scott M. Kenworthy, Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at Miami University (Ohio) will deliver the keynote address entitled Before the Patriarchate: The Life and Times of St. Tikhon until 1917 at 10 AM on Saturday, October 10, 2015. This lecture will be in ENGLISH, FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Following the lecture, tours will be conducted for the public of the new Foundation of Russian History Museum and Holy Trinity Monastery Cathedral. Other speakers include: REGISTRATION R egistration for the entire St Tikhon Symposium is if received by October 1, 2015. Registration between October 1 and 9, as well as on-site registration will be For college and university students, registration is The registration fee includes the attendance at all papers, meals in the Monastery refectory, and coffee breaks, but does NOT INCLUDE accommodations (see information below). The keynote address by Dr Scott Kenworthy will take place on Friday, October 9, 2015 at 4:30 PM and is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (attendance is FREE). |
| Primate of the Orthodox Church in America visits Laura of St Alexander Nevsky Source: DECR Natalya Mihailova 10 December 2014 As part of his official visit to the Russian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, is visiting St. Petersburg. Photo: https://mospat.ru On December 8, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon and members of the delegation of the Orthodox Church in America were met at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity of the Laura of St Alexander Nevsky by its abbot, Bishop Nazary of Kronstadt. The delegation accompanying His Beatitude Tikhon includes Bishop Alexander of Toledo; archpriest John Jillions, Chancellor of the Orthodox Church in America; Protopresbyter Leonid Kishkovsky, Director of the Office of External Affairs and Interchurch Relations of the Orthodox Church in America; archpriest Eric Tosi, Secretary of the Orthodox Church in America; archpriest Nazary Polataiko, Secretary of the Archdiocese of Canada; protodeacon Joseph Matusiak, Secretary of the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America; Ms. Melanie Ringa, Treasurer of the Orthodox Church in America; and Mr. Roman Ostash, Assistant to the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America. The high guest is also accompanied by Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA; Archimandrite Alexander (Pihach), rector of the Moscow Metochion of the Orthodox Church in America – the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine In-the-Fields; deacon Kirill Dotsenko, a cleric of the Church of St Catherine In-the-Fields; and Mr. Dmitry Petrovsky, a staff member of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. Greeting the guests, Bishop Nazary of Kronstadt noted that last year the oldest monastery in St. Petersburg celebrated the 300 th anniversary of its foundation. To commemorate that date, panagias with the Neva Icon of the Mother of God called “Quick to Hearken” were made. Bishop Nazary presented the panagias to His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon of All America and Canada and Bishop Alexander of Toledo. |
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