Background
Tikhon (Timofey Stepanovich Stupishin-Malinin) was born in 1745 in the village of Volodarsky, Russian Federation. His father was a deacon. After the death of his parent, he became an orphan. He was brought up in Moscow with his relatives.
Timofey Stepanovich Stupishin-Malinin
Tver' Theological Seminary
Tver' Theological Seminary
Moscow Theological Academy
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
Moscow Theological Academy
Tver' Theological Seminary
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius
Tikhon (Timofey Stepanovich Stupishin-Malinin) was born in 1745 in the village of Volodarsky, Russian Federation. His father was a deacon. After the death of his parent, he became an orphan. He was brought up in Moscow with his relatives.
During the eight years 1755-1763, Tikhon studied at the Moscow Theological Academy.
In 1763, Tikhon was appointed a teacher of lower-elementary grades. He worked there for seven years (1763-1770). In 1767, he became a monk. From 1770 he worked in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius by a decree of Synod. But in October he went back to Moscow.
Tikhon continued his career as a prefect and philosophy professor of the Moscow Theological Academy. From 1771 to 1774 was a philosophy professor of the Tver' Theological Seminary. Later he was the rector of this Seminary (1774-1775). Tikhon was proclaimed as Bishop of Voronezh and Cherkasy (1775-1788), Bishop of Tver' (1788-1792), Archbishop of Astrakhan' (since 1792). In 1788, he was transferred to the Tver' diocese. In 1792, he became Archbishop of Astrakhan'.
Tikhon was a good preacher. Usually, he delivered his sermons and speeches without writing them down in advance. When he was a Voronezh Bishop, he preached at every national celebration of the Liturgy. During the administration of the Voronezh diocese, he introduced the teaching of German and French at the local Seminary Tikhon was an unusually active and experienced chief.
