Saint
Tikhon of Zadonsk (
1724 -
1783) was born in the village of Korotsk, in the
Novgorod region,
Russia. He received the monastic habit at the age of thirty-four. He was later consecrated Bishop of
Voronezh[?]. He served as bishop for a little under seven years and retired to the
monastery of
Zadonsk[?] and lived there until he died. His relics were kept there and due to the reports of the many miracles that occurred near his relic he was made a saint by the
Russian Orthodox Church in
1861. His feast day is celebrated on
August 26 (August 13,
Julian calendar).