Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow

Saint Tikhon of Moscow was a  of Moscow in the beginning of the Soviet Union. His name, before he became a saint, was Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin(). He was canonized by the Synod of Bishops. It is possible that the character of the elder Zosimov in the Russian novel The Brothers Karamazov was influenced by him.

Category:1865 births
Category:1925 deaths
Category:Patriarchs of Moscow
Category:Russian Orthodox saints