A baptismal name for a boy
Tikhon
12 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Tikhon
Saint Tikhon of MoscowMarch 25First patriarch of Moscow after the restoration of the patriarchate in 1917, who defended the Church under Soviet rule.
Saint Tikhon of ZadonskAugust 13Bishop of Voronezh and spiritual writer of the eighteenth century, who retired to Zadonsk; glorified in 1861.
Venerable Tikhon of KalugaJune 16Russian abbot raised in Moscow who lived in an oak hollow near Kaluga and founded a monastery..jpg)
Hieromartyr Tikhon NikanorovDecember 27Archbishop of Voronezh and Zadonsk from 1913, who died on February 27, 1920 at Voronezh.
Venerable Tikhon of LukhJune 16Ascetic monk who loved poverty, founder of Nikolo-Tikhonov Monastery, who died in 1503.
Venerable Tikhon of KarachevJune 16Abbot and founder of the Resurrection Monastery near Karachev; died in August 1609.
Saint Tikhon MalyshkinArchbishop of Rostov, Yaroslavl and Beloozero, who died in 1503.- Hieromartyr Tikhon of ArkhangelskOctober 4Cleric martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Tikhon BuzovNovember 26Monk martyred for the faith of Christ in 1937, during the Soviet persecution.
- Venerable Martyr Tikhon KrechkovJuly 20Monk martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Venerable Tikhon of KrestogorskJune 16Venerable monk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Venerable Tikhon SokolovskyVenerable monk, venerated in the Orthodox calendar.
Questions
The name day of Tikhon is March 25, the feast of Saint Tikhon of Moscow. It is also kept on August 13, June 16, December 27, October 4, November 26, July 20.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Tikhon, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Tikhon is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Tikhon of Moscow as patron.