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Tikhon of Moscow

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[[Image:Tikhon_of_Moscow_icon.jpg|frame|right|Icon of St. Tikhon]]
Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Tikhon of Moscow''' (Russian: Святитель Тихон, Патриарх Московский и всея Руси) (1865–1925), [[Enlightener]] of North America, was Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1917–1925). "He established his cathedral in New York City, and presided over a vast [[Archdiocese]], encouraging and authorizing many publications in the English language. Among these, he encouraged the translation of the Eastern [[liturgy]] into English by Isabel Florence Hapgood, and he wrote an extensive [[catechism]] based on the [[Nicene Creed]] and the [[Lord's Prayer|Our Father]]. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[April 7]] by [[New Calendar]] churches, on [[March 25]] by [[Old Calendar]] churches; his [[glorification]] is celebrated on [[September 26]], and he is remembered also commemorated on the feast of the [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]], celebrated on the Sunday nearest to [[January 2625]], which was the date of the martyrdom of Metropolitan [[Vladimir of Kiev (hieromartyr)|Vladimir of Kiev]] as , the first of the new-martyrmartyrs.
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