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Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow

Bishop
Tikhon of Moscow, born Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin, was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. On 5 November 1917 he was selected the 11th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, after a period of about 200 years of the Synodal rule in the ROC. He was... Wikipedia
Born: January 31, 1865, Klin, Russia
Died: April 7, 1925 (age 60 years), Moscow, Russia
Full name: Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin
Feast: : 7 April(Repose); also Episcopal Church (USA), Anglican Church in North America; 9 October(Glorification);
Major shrine: Donskoy Monastery, Moscow