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His Grace, Bishop TIKHON of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania
His Grace, Bishop TIKHON of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania
His Grace, Bishop TIKHON of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania

His Grace, Bishop JOSEPH and the entire Diocese of Los Angeles and the West welcome His Grace, Bishop TIKHON from the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) to the Diocese, where he will address the clergy as keynote speaker for the annual Diocesan Clergy Seminar in San Fernando, California from February 9-13. Vladyka TIKHON is Ruling Hierarch of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, Locum Tenens of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Deputy Abbot of St. Tikhon’s Monastery and Rector of St. Tikhon’s Seminary in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, where he also teaches seminary courses in Old Testament, Liturgics and Parish Administration.

Drawing from his extensive ministry and monastic and educational background, Vladyka TIKHON will address the clergy on the Seminar theme: Pursuing a Spiritual Manner of Living: Ascetical Struggle and Liturgical Prayer as Doors to Divine Life. Prior to the Seminar, Sayidna JOSEPH will welcome Vladyka TIKHON to the West Coast Chancery where they will have a chance to rekindle their friendship which began during Sayidna’s trips to St. Tikhon’s Seminary and Monastery in 2007. On Sunday, February 15, the Bishops will concelebrate the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Los Angeles, where they will ordain a St. Tikhon’s seminarian, Deacon John Christianson, to the holy priesthood. Orthros will begin at 9:00 A.M., and the Divine Liturgy follows.

We thank Vladyka TIKHON for joining us in the Diocese. May God grant him many years!

Biography of His Grace, Bishop TIKHON

His Grace, Bishop TIKHON was born Marc R. Mollard in Boston, MA on July 15, 1966, the oldest of three children born to Francois and Elizabeth Mollard. After brief periods living in Connecticut, France, and Missouri, he and his family settled in Reading, PA, where he graduated from Wyomissing High School in 1984. In 1988 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Sociology from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, after which he moved to Chicago.

In 1989 he was received into the Orthodox Church from Episcopalianism and, in the fall of the same year, he began studies at Saint Tikhon Seminary, South Canaan, PA. One year later he entered the monastic community at Saint Tikhon Monastery as a novice.

After receiving his Master of Divinity degree from Saint Tikhon Seminary in 1993, he was appointed instructor in Old Testament at Saint Tikhon Seminary. He continues to serve as Senior Lecturer in Old Testament, teaching Master level courses in the Prophets and the Psalms and Wisdom Literature. He is also an instructor in the seminary's Extension Studies program, offering courses in the lives of the Old Testament saints, the liturgical use of the Old Testament, and the Old Testament in patristic literature.

Archimandrite Tikhon collaborated with Igumen Alexander (Golitzin) in the publication of "The Living Witness of the Holy Mountain," published by Saint Tikhon Seminary Press, by illustrating this classic book about Mount Athos.

In 1995 he was tonsured to the Lesser Schema by His Eminence, Archbishop HERMAN, and given the name Tikhon, in honor of Saint Patriarch Tikhon, Enlightener of North America. Later that year he was ordained to the Holy Diaconate and Holy Priesthood at Saint Tikhon Monastery. In 1998 he was elevated to the rank of Igumen, and in 2000 to the rank of Archimandrite.

In December 2002, he was appointed by Metropolitan HERMAN to serve as Deputy Abbot of Saint Tikhon Monastery.

His Beatitude, Metropolitan HERMAN presided at the consecration of Archimandrite Tikhon to the episcopacy at Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk Monastery on Saturday, February 14, 2004. His Grace was installed as the ruling bishop of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania at the Diocesan Cathedral of St. Stephen on October 29, 2005.

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