A Call for Monastic Vocations, on the Anniversary of the Monastic Tonsure of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon

Tikhon
Father Tikhon, named after Saint Tikhon of Moscow, 1995

Enter eagerly into the treasure-house that lies within you, and so you will see the treasure-house of heaven; for the two are the same, and there is but one single entry to them both. — Saint Isaac the Syrian

Today on April 7th, the commemoration of the repose of Saint Tikhon of Moscow, the faithful of the Orthodox Church in America congratulate His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, on the liturgical anniversary of his monastic tonsure. We extend to him the greeting given to every newly-tonsured monastic: “May you be saved in the angelic life!”  ...

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