02 — From Timofey to Tikhon
The making of the saint: the sexton’s orphan Timofey Kirillov of Korotsk — nearly given away in famine, plowing for bread — enters the Novgorod school in 1738, receives the seminary surname Sokolov and a state-funded place, teaches Greek, rhetoric, and philosophy, is tonsured Tikhon on 10 April 1758, and by 13 May 1761 is a bishop: vicar of Novgorod as Bishop of Kexholm and Ladoga, then, from 3 February 1763, Bishop of Voronezh.
This section carries the life from birth to the eve of the Voronezh episcopate. The first file treats the childhood and schooling with their attestation; the second the tonsure, the Tver posts, and the first episcopate.
Files
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| the-boy-from-korotsk.md | Birth 1724, the family and its poverty, the Novgorod school and the state list, the surname Sokolov, the sources |
| seminary-tonsure-and-first-episcopate.md | Tonsure 1758, archimandrite and rector at Tver, consecration 1761 as vicar of Novgorod, the appointment to Voronezh 1763 |
See Also
- 01 — The Russia of His Birth — the estate and school system behind the ascent
- 03 — Bishop of Voronezh — the episcopate the section ends at
- Collection README — the master guide