saint

St Tikhon of Zadonsk

Святитель Тихон Задонский

Russian bishop and ascetic writer (1724–1783), Bishop of Voronezh; retired to Zadonsk Monastery in 1769, devoting himself to prayer, writing, and works of mercy. A formative spiritual influence on Theophan the Recluse and on Dostoyevsky's Elder Zosima. Canonised 1861. Feast day 13 August.

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