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Spiritual Treasure - St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

St. Tikhon (born Timothy) was born in 1724 in the family of a poor village clerk Korotska (Valdai district) and shortly after birth had lost his parents. Childhood and adolescence have been among his terrible poverty: sometimes a whole day he had to work the inhabitants of his native village for a piece of bread. In 1758, he was tonsured a monk with the name Tikhon. The following year he was appointed rector of the Tver seminary, where he lectured on moral theology.

 In 1761, 37 year of life Hieromonk Tikhon, on explicit orders from above, was elected bishop. About two years he was a vicar in the Novgorod and about four (1763-1767 gg.) Alone led episcopal chair in Voronezh. All the time his bishopric, he diligently taught and encouraged to the same subordinate priests. Holy Tikhon had the gift of insight and making miracles, read the thoughts interlocutors. In 1778, the birth of Emperor Alexander I, the saint predicted many of the events of his reign, and in particular, that Russia will be saved, and Invader (Napoleon) will perish. "Lord God, in many cases listened to him," - wrote the lay brother of St. Tikhon. Especially the saint liked to talk with the common people, consoled him in great proportion, helping devastated. Of monastic settlements visited his children. He taught them to pray, and after talking apportion the money. The blessed repose of St. Tikhon followed by August 13, 1783 in 63 years opened his incorrupt relics, and in 1861 he was canonized. Among the written works of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk especially popular collection of short sermons full of examples of life called "The Treasure of the spiritual, the world is going to."