Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk (secular name Timofey Savelyevich Sokolov Russian: Тимофей Савельевич Соколов; 1724–1783) was a Russian Orthodox bishop and spiritual writer who was glorified (canonized) a saint of the Orthodox Church.He was born in the village of Korotsko in the Novgorod region Russia. He was tonsured a monk at the age of thirty-four and later consecrated Bishop of Voronezh.
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