Tikhon (Saizew)
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Tikhon (born April 13, 1967 in Moscow as Alexander Wiktorowitsch Saizew ; Russian Александр Викторович Зайцев ) is a Russian Orthodox bishop.
Life
In 1987 he entered the Moscow seminary . After successfully graduating in 1991, he was admitted to the Moscow Spiritual Academy , which he graduated in 1995, defending his inaugural dissertation for obtaining the dignity of the candidate of theology on the subject of The Venerable Theodor Studites - teacher of the monastic class . After graduation, he taught liturgy, homiletics and ancient Greek at the Moscow seminary.
He was ordained a monk on March 25, 1993 and took the name Tikhon in honor of St. Tikhon, the Patriarch of All Russia. On April 7, 1993, Tikhon was ordained a deacon by Bishop Filaret of Dmitrov . In August 1995 he was prior of the Academic Church of the Protection of the Virgin Mary and ordained a priest on January 6, 1996 by Bishop Yevgeny of Wereja. At Easter 1999 he was appointed Igumen .
On December 24, 2004, he became a member of the Russian Spiritual Mission in Jerusalem, and on October 6, 2006, he was called to head the mission. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Council of the Imperial Orthodox Society of Palestine. By resolution of the Holy Synod of March 31, 2009, he was appointed chairman of the financial and economic administration of the Patriarchate of Moscow .
The Holy Synod appointed the Archimandrite Tikhon on April 25, 2009 as Bishop of Podolsk and Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and the following day he was appointed by Patriarch Cyril I and the Metropolitan in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow of all America and Canada Jonah (Paffhausen) consecrated bishop.
His on adoption Holiness Patriarch Kirill, on 31 December 2011 he was appointed head of the Northeast vicariate within the boundaries of the North East Administrative District of Moscow called and received by his office in the diocesan council of the city of Moscow.
By resolution of the Holy Synod of July 25, 2014, he was appointed Administrator of the Diocese of Vienna and Austria and the Diocese of Budapest and Hungary while retaining the title of Bishop of Podolsk.
By resolution of the Holy Synod of December 28, 2017, he was appointed Administrator of the Diocese of Berlin and Germany , temporarily retaining the title of Bishop of Podolsk. As administrator of the Russian Orthodox diocese for Vienna and Austria, he was recalled at the same time.
On January 9, 2018, he was released from the administration of the North-Eastern Vicariate of Moscow City and the position of Abbot of the Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker in Khamovniki.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/628274.html
- ↑ https://rokmp.de/de/bishof-tikhon/
- ↑ http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/4250904.html
- ↑ http://www.orthodoxe-kirche.at/site/home/article/638.html Orthodox Church in Austria
- ↑ http://moseparh.ru/rasporyazhenie-r-021-ot-9-yanvarya-2018-goda-episkopu-podolskomu-tixonu.html
- ↑ http://moseparh.ru/ukaz-u-021-ot-9-yanvarya-2018-goda-episkopu-podolskomu-tixonu.html
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| SURNAME | Tikhon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zajcev, Tikhon; Zajcev, Alexander (maiden name); Тихон, в миру Александр Викторович Зайцев (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian Russian Orthodox Bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |