“Do we forgive our neighbors their trespasses? God also forgives us in His mercy. Do we refuse to forgive? God, too, will refuse to forgive us. As we treat our neighbors, so also does God treat us. The forgiveness, then, of your sins or unforgiveness, and hence also your salvation or destruction, depend on you yourself, man. For without forgiveness of sins there is no salvation. You can see for yourself how terrible it is.”
– “Journey to Heaven”
“We were created for eternal life by our Creator, we are called to it by the Word of God, and we are renewed by holy Baptism. And Christ the Son of God came into the world for this, that He should call us and take us there, and He is the one thing needful. For this reason your very first endeavor and care should be to receive it. Without it everything is as nothing, though you have the whole world under you.”
“The absence of tribulations is a sign of abandonment by God.”
– St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
Life
- https://oca.org/saints/lives/2011/08/13/102287-st-tikhon-the-bishop-of-voronezh-and-wonderworker-of-zadonsk-and
- https://orthodoxwiki.org/Tikhon_of_Zadonsk
- https://www.sttikhonsmonastery.org/where_saints_have_walked.html
- http://orthochristian.com/105992.html
- https://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/August/13-03.htm
Writings
St. Tikhon is remembered by many as the “Russian Chrysostom” and he wrote specifically for the monk and the layperson alike. Many of his writings are compiled in Journey to Heaven.
On True Christianity (6 volumes) (translated and available 2022)
- Volume I (On Christianity Book One)
- On the Word of God
- On Spiritual Wisdom
- Volume II (On Christianity Book One)
- On Sins
- On Virtues
- Volume III (On Christianity Book One)
- On Virtues (continued)
- First Conclusion: On End of Good Works
- Second Conclusion: On Steadfastness Until the End
- Volume IV (On Christianity Book Two)
- On the Gospel and Faith
- On the Holy Church and On Baptism
- On the Christian Duty towards God
- On the Christian Duty towards Christ
- Volume V (On Christianity Book Two)
- On the Christian Duty towards Christ (continued)
- On the Christian Duty towards Oneself
- Volume VI (On Christianity Book Two)
- On the Christian Duty towards Oneself (continued)
- On the Christian Duty towards One’s Neighbor
- On the Mutual Duties of Christians
- On the Comforting Fruits of Holy Faith
- The Cell Letters (published 2022)
Hymns
Kontakion (Tone 8)
Successor to the Apostles, adornment of hierarchs, and teacher of the Orthodox Faith beseech the Master of all to grant peace to the universe
and to our souls great mercy.
Troparion (Tone 8)
From your youth you loved Christ, O blessed one. You have been an example for all by word, life, love, faith, purity, and humility. Therefore, you now abide in the heavenly mansions, where you stand before the throne of the All-holy Trinity. Holy Hierarch Tikhon, pray for the salvation of our souls.
Feast Day(s)
August 13 – St. Tikhon’s feast day
May 14 – The first opening of the relics of St Tikhon of Zadonsk
Orthodoxy of the Heart 