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"Following graduation from the Pskov Seminary and St Petersburg Theological Academy, he becomes an instructor first at Pskov Seminary (1888-91), then Kholm Seminary (1891-97), where he quickly became Rector. Just prior to his transfer to Kholm he was tonsured a monk with the name Tikhon and ordained." [http://ocaphoto.oca.org/MiscEventViewer.asp?EID=888&IID=14365]
==Life and Work work after Ordinationordination==
One of the first Orthodox [[bishop]]s to do major work in North America, St. Tikhon was the primary founder of [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery]] in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, naming it for his heavenly patron, St. [[Tikhon of Zadonsk]].
In 1989, Patriarch Tikhon was glorified by the [[Church of Russia]]. This canonization process is generally considered an example of the thaw in [[Church of Russia|Church]]-Soviet relations in the Glasnost era.
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