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Metropolitan Tikhon (Russian: Митрополит Тихон, secular name Georgiy Alexandrovich Shevkunov, Russian: Георгий Александрович Шевкунов; born 2 July 1958 in Moscow) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a popular writer.[1] He is the Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov;[2] in October 2023 it was reported that he was to be moved to the Diocese of Simferopol and Crimea.[3]
From 2015 to 2018 he was the head of the Western Vicariat of Moscow city.[4]
He was superior of the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow from 1995 to 2018.[5] Tikhon is often referred to as the personal confessor of Russian President Vladimir Putin.[1]
- ^ a b Zhegulev, Ilya (26 November 2015). "Самые влиятельные в РПЦ". Meduza.
- ^ "Тихон, митрополит Псковский и Порховский (Шевкунов Георгий Александрович) / Персоналии / Патриархия.ru". Патриархия.ru. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ The Moscow Times, Russian Bishop Known as Putin's Confessor Named Head of Crimea Diocese, article dated October 12, 2023
- ^ "Тихон, митрополит Псковский и Порховский (Шевкунов Георгий Александрович)" (in Russian). Official website of the Russian Orthodox Church. 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Назначены исполняющие обязанности наместника Сретенского ставропигиального монастыря и ректора Сретенской духовной семинарии" (in Russian). Official website of the Russian Orthodox Church. 19 May 2018.
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