Background
Tikhon (Taras Yakovlevich Yakubovsky) was born in 1721 in Korop, Chernihivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine.
Taras Yakovlevich Yakubovsky
Chernigov Theological Seminary
Kiev Theological Academy
Yaroslavl Theological Seminary
Spaso-Yaroslavsky monastery
1779
The word and the speech when opening the Suzdal Viceroyalty
Chernigov Theological Seminary
Kiev Theological Academy
Yaroslavl Theological Seminary
Spaso-Yaroslavsky monastery
Tikhon (Taras Yakovlevich Yakubovsky) was born in 1721 in Korop, Chernihivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine.
Tikhon received his primary education at the Chernigov Theological Seminary. In the 1750s he studied at the Kiev Theological Academy. During this time he was a member of various Church activities.
Tikhon's career was versatile. Tikhon was a catechist of the Land cadet corps (Saint-Petersburg, until 1760); the Archimandrite of the Spaso-Yaroslavsky monastery.
In 1760, he was sent to Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad), where he founded the Orthodox Church. From 1763 to 1764 he was the Abbot of the Spaso-Yaroslavsky monastery. At the same time, he was a rector of the Yaroslavl Theological Seminary. For three years (1764-1767) Tikhon was the bishop of Seva and Bryansk, vicar of the Moscow eparchy, then the bishop of Voronezh and Yelets (1767-1775). From May 19, 1775, the Bishop of Suzdal and Yurev.
Tikhon was known for his work for the Seminary. In the instructions, the human dignity of the student's personality is put in the foreground, which should be affected by tenderness.
Quotes from others about the person
Writer A. T. Bolotov: "...he is a pious, meek, educated, and one who did not make our Russians ashamed. due to his behavior gained respect from the Prussian clergy themselves."
