Tikhon of Zadonsk
Saint
Tikhon of Zadonsk (
1724 -
1783) was born in the village of Korotsk, in the
Novgorod region,
Russia. He received the monastic habit at the age of thirty-four. He was later consecrated Bishop of Voronezh. He served as bishop for a little under seven years and retired to the
monastery of Zadonsk and lived there until he died. His relics were kept there and due to the reports of the many miracles that occurred near his relic he was made a saint by the
Russian Orthodox Church in
1861. His feast day is celebrated on
August 26 (August 13,
Julian calendar).