Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, Temporary Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, sent congratulations to His Beatitude TIKHON, Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, on the 10th anniversary of his election.
His Beatitude, Archbishop of Washington,
Metropolitan of All America and Canada TIKHON
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, on July 15, 1966.
In 1984 he graduated from Wyomissing High School in Reading, Pennsylvania. In 1988 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and sociology from Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), after which he moved to Chicago.
In 1989 he embraced Orthodoxy and that same year began studies at St. Tikhon’s Seminary of the Orthodox Church in America. A year later he entered the Monastery of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk (South Canaan, Pennsylvania) as a novice.
After receiving a Master of Divinity degree in 1993, he was appointed instructor in Old Testament at St. Tikhon’s Seminary.
In 1995 Archbishop Herman (Swaiko) tonsured him into the lesser schema with the name Tikhon in honor of St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow. That same year he was ordained deacon and priest.
In 1998 he was elevated to the rank of hegumen, and in 2000 to the rank of archimandrite.
In December 2002, Metropolitan Herman (Swaiko), Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, appointed him deputy abbot of the Monastery of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk.
On February 14, 2004, he was consecrated bishop.
From October 28, 2005 — Bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania.
On May 9, 2012, he was elevated to the rank of archbishop.
On November 13, 2012, at the 17th All-American Council he was elected the sixth Primate of the Orthodox Church in America. On the same day His Eminence Tikhon was proclaimed Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada.
His enthronement took place on January 27, 2013.