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Saint Tikhon of Moscow (Russian: Тихон 31 January [O.S. 19 January] 1865 – 7 April [O.S. 25 March] 1925) born Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin (Russian: Василий Иванович Беллавин) was the 11th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia of the Russian Orthodox Church during the early years of the Soviet Union 1917 through 1925.

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birth date
1865-01-31
birth place
Toropets, Russian Empire
death date
1925-04-07
death place
Moscow, Soviet Union, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
feast day
1925-04-07, 1926-10-09
major shrine
Moscow, Donskoy Monastery
title
Confessor Patriarch of Moscow Apostle to America
venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church, Episcopal Church (United States)

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