Tikhon (Emelyanov)

Born June 2, 1948 in Voronezh; according to his word at the episcopal name ^[1] , he was brought up in an Orthodox family under the influence of his grandmother.

Received secondary education in evening school , served in the army. After the discharge to the reserve, he was an altar boy at the Intercession Church of Pereslavl-Zalessky .

In 1974 he entered the Moscow Theological Seminary .

October 10, 1976 was enlisted in the staff of the Publishing Department of the Moscow Patriarchate.

On December 4, 1978, he was ordained deacon by Archbishop Volokolamsk Pitirim (Nechaev) , and was appointed head of the Church Life department of the editorial office of the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate .

On March 19, 1981, the governor of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Archimandrite Jerome (Zinoviev), was tonsured a monk with the name Tikhon , in honor of St. Tikhon , Bishop of Voronezh; on the same day ^{[2], the} rector of the MDA, Archbishop Vladimir Dmitrovsky (Sabodan), was ordained a hieromonk .

In 1981, he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy with a candidate of theology degree.

From 1983 to 1986 - First Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Publishing Department of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Pitirim (Nechaev); He supervised the construction of a new building for the Publishing Department (20 Pogodinskaya Street ) and the parish house at the Church of the Resurrection of the Slovozhdeniye on the Assumption Enemy (the place of permanent service of Archbishop Pitirim and other clergy of the Publishing Department).

July 4, 1984 was elevated to the rank of archimandrite .

According to his statement: “[in 1986] I was invited as a deputy to the Department for External Church Relations , which was then headed by Metropolitan Filaret (Vakhromeev) , I quit the publishing house, came to him, but he didn’t accept me, and I was left without any church obedience . ” ^[3]

In 1986, he lived in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, then moved to the Moscow Danilov Monastery (he was an assistant to the housekeeper , and then the housekeeper).

May 12, 1987 was appointed governor of the Danilov Monastery. By his own admission: “At this time, the monastery was actively reviving, construction and finishing works were carried out almost around the clock, 3,500 workers worked - they all tried to be in time by June 1988, when events dedicated to the millennium of the Baptism of Russia were to take place in Moscow. There were enough funds: each parish of the Russian Orthodox Church considered it his duty to make donations for the restoration of the Danilov Monastery, ordinary Muscovites donated ancient icons, church utensils. Famous people from all over the world came to see the construction site. Everyone understood that great changes were coming in the USSR ” ^[4] .

Bishops

On January 25, 1990, by decree of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was determined to be bishop of Novosibirsk and Barnaul.

On August 19, 1990, in the Epiphany Cathedral of Moscow, his episcopal consecration took place, performed by Patriarch of Moscow Alexy II , Metropolitan of Krutitsky and Kolomensky Yuvenaly (Poyarkov) , Archbishop of Kaluga and Borovsky Clement (Kapalin) , Bishop of Istra Arseny (Episkolov and Episkanov) ) ^[1] .

On February 26, 1994, in connection with the formation of an independent Barnaul diocese, the title of Bishop Tikhon was changed to Novosibirsk and Tomsk.

On July 16, 1995, he was recalled from his department and appointed chairman of the publishing council of the Moscow Patriarchate with the title of Bishop of Bronnitsky, Vicar of the Moscow Diocese . At that time, the issue of the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate was temporarily suspended. In the first nine months of 1995, only two issues came out: No. 5 (for Easter ) and a special issue. Through the efforts of the new editor-in-chief, Bishop Tikhon, the missing numbers were prepared for several months, and the debt to the subscribers of the ZhMP was eliminated. The magazine’s decoration has changed significantly: illustrations have become color, their number has increased significantly ^[5] .

From August 28, 1995 to December 28, 2000 - rector of the Church of All Saints in All Saints in Moscow.

February 25, 2000 in the Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow, Patriarch Alexy II was elevated to the rank of archbishop ^[6] .

On December 28, 2000, after the death of Bishop Sergius (Sokolov) , he was relieved of his post as chairman of the publishing department and transferred to the Novosibirsk and Berd diocese . By his own admission, “in 2000, His Holiness the Patriarch invited me to head one of the dioceses in the European part of Russia. However, in the same year, Bishop Sergius of Novosibirsk and Berdsk died, and I told His Holiness the Patriarch that I could return to Novosibirsk. I knew the city and the region well, with all representatives of the authorities, with the directors of large factories, I developed good relations in the early 90's ” ^[4] .

In early August 2004, Archbishop Tikhon of Novosibirsk and Berd and his parents donated a house and a land plot to the church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Voronezh . On November 19, 2004, the registration of the newly formed parish took place. In January 2005, a site was allocated for the construction of the temple, and in 2006 permission was received for the construction of a new temple ^[7] .

On July 27, 2009, by a decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, he was included in the Inter-Council Presence ^[8] .

By the decision of the Holy Synod of December 28, 2011 he was appointed head of the Novosibirsk Metropolis ^[9] . January 8, 2012 in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, Patriarch Kirill was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan ^[10] .

It was not included in the new composition of the Inter-Council Presidency, approved on October 23, 2014 by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church ^[11] .

In 2015, he turned to the prosecutor's office with a statement that the staging of the opera Tannhäuser in the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater blasphemously depicts religious symbols and thereby offends the feelings of believers ^[12] and demanded that the staging be excluded from the repertoire. Theater Director Boris Mezdrich was fired. On May 2, 2016, Tikhon conducted the rite of consecration of the theater building and received from the new director Vladimir Kekhman a 100-year-old bell, which was stored in the theater’s fund as a property.

On December 28, 2018, by the decision of the Holy Synod, he was transferred to the Vladimir and Suzdal departments ^[13] . On February 26, 2019, he was relieved of the post of rector of the Novosibirsk Theological Seminary ^[14] .

State:

• Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II degree ( August 11, 2000 ) - for his great contribution to strengthening civil peace and the revival of spiritual and moral traditions ^[15]

Regional:

• Badge of Merit for the Novosibirsk Region ( April 24, 2003 ) ^[16]
• Pokryshkin Medal ( 2013 ) ^[17]

Church:

• Order of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, II Degree
• Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh II degree
• Order of the Holy Right Prince Daniel of Moscow, II degree
• Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov II degree ( 2008 ) ^[18]
• Order of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow (II degree; attention to hard work and in connection with the 65th birthday) ^[19]

• Church service - school of piety // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate . M., 1978. No. 4. p. 38-39.
• The 400th Anniversary of the Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God: Triumph in Kazan // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1979. No. 10. p. 7-11. (co-authored with Father Superior Anastasius (Metkin))
• Ecumenical Prayer of 1980 // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1980. No. 5. P. 58-59.
• For the first time in St. Etchmiadzin // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1981. No. 3. P. 8-9.
• Prayer for Christian unity . // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1981. No. 5. P. 48-51.
• Rev. Sergius of Radonezh and his school // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1981. No. 10. p. 20-22
• Beginning of the school year in graduate school at the MDA // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. No. 1, p. 22.
• The Ecumenical Movement and the Russian Orthodox Church before its entry into the World Council of Churches] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. No. 10. p. 72-73. (co-authored with V. Nikitin)
• The Ecumenical Movement and the Russian Orthodox Church before its entry into the WCC . // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate . M., 1983. No. 11. P. 59-68. (co-authored with V. Nikitin)
• The beginning of the new academic year in graduate school at the MDA // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. No. 12. p. 15
• The Ecumenical Movement and the Russian Orthodox Church before its entry into the World Council of Churches. // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate . M., 1983. No. 12. P. 60-66. (co-authored with V. Nikitin)
• The 40th anniversary of the Victory over Nazism and the tasks of church journalism in preserving peace and strengthening friendship between nations. // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate . M., 1985. No. 7. P. 56-59.
• His Eminence Zinovy, Metropolitan of Tetritskaroy [Obituary] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1985. No. 6. P. 58-59 (co-authored by Archpriest Mikhail Didenko)
• World Council of Churches and the problem of maintaining peace (on the 25th anniversary of the entry of the Russian Orthodox Church into the World Council of Churches). // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate . M., 1986. No. 4. P. 58-62; No. 5. p. 57-60; No. 6. p. 55-57; No. 7. p. 56-62 (co-authored with V. Nikitin)
• Exhibition in Peru // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1986. No. 4. P. 63-65.
• Greetings in the Ascension Cathedral of Novosibirsk on May 16, 1991 [during the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II to Siberia] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1991. No. 9. pp. 20-21.
• Goodbye, good shepherd! (word before the funeral service of Archpriest Nikolai Chugainov (1939-1994) September 25, 1994 in the Ascension Cathedral of Novosibirsk) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1994. No. 11-12. p. 24.
• [II Siberian Congress of Orthodox Youth (July 6-10, 1995)] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1995. No. 6-8. p. 49-50.
• The development of the educational activities of the Church at the diocesan level (from experience in the Novosibirsk diocese) // Christmas Readings, 4th. M., 1996. pp. 239-261.
• Word on the Holy night of the Resurrection of Christ // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1996. No. 4-5. pg. 72-73
• The program of church and social work of the Novosibirsk Diocesan Administration of the Russian Orthodox Church in Novosibirsk and the Novosibirsk Region // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1996. No. 9. pp. 46-48.
• Organization of the church system of Orthodox education (from the experience of the Novosibirsk diocese) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1996. No. 9. pp. 34-45
• In memory of Metropolitan Zinovy ​​(Mazhugi) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1996. No. 9. pp. 59-60.
• Greetings to the participants of the 7th Annual Theological Conference // Annual Theological Conference of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Theological Institute. M., 1997. p. 6.
• Publishing activities of the Russian Orthodox Church at the present stage // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1998. No. 3. pp. 23-32.
• On the “crazy vision of Russia” and the “Jewish-Masonic conspiracy”: Interview with Bishop Bronnitsky Tikhon, Chairman of the Publishing Council of the Moscow Patriarchate // Radonezh. 1998. No. 11 (76) (July).
• Publishing activities of the Russian Orthodox Church at the present stage // Christmas Readings, 6th. M., 1998. No. pg. 71-86
• The mass media of the Russian Orthodox Church on the threshold of the third millennium  // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2000. No. 4. p. 48-65.
• The final document of the Congress of the Orthodox Press  // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2000. No. 4. pp. 70-72
• Publishing activity of the Russian Orthodox Church on the threshold of the third millennium // Christmas Readings, 8th. M., 2000. No. 96-104.

• Tikhon, Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal (Emelyanov Leonid Grigoryevich) On the official website of the MP
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• Metropolitan Tikhon of Novosibirsk and Berdsk: “The more temples there are, the less prisons will be”