Background
Tikhon Aleksandrovich Krutikov was born on January 27, 1867 in Russian Federation. Maternally he was the nephew of the canonized Bishop of Tambov Theophan the Recluse (1815 - 1894).
Tikhon Aleksandrovich Krutikov was born on January 27, 1867 in Russian Federation. Maternally he was the nephew of the canonized Bishop of Tambov Theophan the Recluse (1815 - 1894).
Tikhon Aleksandrovich Krutikov graduated from the Oryol Theological Seminary (1884) and the Moscow Theological Academy (1888).
Tikhon Aleksandrovich was a lecturer of the church history at the Voronezh Theological Seminary (1888-1897). Since 1897, he was catechist, archpriest and hegumen of the house church of a non-classical secondary school.
Tikhon Aleksandrovich was published in the magazine "Edifying Reading", "Voronezh Diocesan Statements". He wrote the following essays: "Men apostolic" (from church history readings to students of the Voronezh Seminary) (Voronezh, 1892); "The structure and value of the ancient Orthodox fraternities of Vilna and Lviv" (Voronezh, 1894).