Tikhon of Zadonsk
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Tikhon of Zadonsk
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Tikhon of Zadonsk was an 18th-century Russian Orthodox bishop and spiritual writer whom the Eastern Orthodox Church glorified (canonized) as a saint in 1861. St. Tikhon was born in Novgorod, Russia, and grew up in extreme poverty. After spending much of his childhood working at peasant labour, he entered the Novgorod Seminary on a grant and was a brilliant student: he went on to teach Greek, Rhetoric and Philosophy at the seminary. He became a monk in 1758, and in 1763 was appointed Bishop of Vo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikhon_of_Zadonsk
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2003-05-17T23:30:25Z
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2024-09-12T02:30:58Z
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