The Earliest Lives of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

Paperback: 164 pages

Translated from the original Russian, this book contains the first translation of A Description of the Life and Asceticism of His Eminence Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh and Elets, Composed for Those Who Love and Honor the Memory of His Eminence by Metropolitan Eugene (Bolkhovitinov) of Kiev, and a new translation of the notes by the Saint’s cell attendants, Basil Ivanovich Chebotarev and Ivan Efimov.

Saint Tikhon, Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk (1724 – 1783), has often been called the Chrysostom of the Russian Church for his eloquence in preaching and teaching.