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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Tikhon of Solovki

The hermit

Venerable hermit of Solovki, a native of Moscow.

Feast
August 9old style August 22
Era
unknown
Order
Venerables

Life

Holy Venerable Tikhon of Solovki, called the Muscovite, was a hermit. The calendar page that mentions him preserves no other account of his life.

He is commemorated in the Synaxis of the Saints of Novgorod on 11 July (a movable date) and in the Synaxis of the Saints of Solovki on 22 August, in the new style.

Commemorated the same day August 9