About Tikhon of Kaluga
Lived 1450 – 1492 (aged 41–42). Tikhon of Kaluga was a monk.
Tikhon of Kaluga (died 16 June 1492) was a Russian Orthodox hegumen and saint. He grew up in Moscow and was tonsured a monk as a young man. He then moved to a forest near Medin in Kaluga, living in the hollow of an oak tree. It was on that spot that he founded (and became the first hegumen of) a monastery dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God (and then to Tikhon himself after his death). He is commemorated with a feast day on 16 June in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Who was Tikhon of Kaluga?
Russian saint and abbot
When was Tikhon of Kaluga born?
Tikhon of Kaluga was born in 1450 in Kyiv.
When did Tikhon of Kaluga die?
Tikhon of Kaluga died in 1492 in Tikhon of Kaluga's ermitage.
What was Tikhon of Kaluga's occupation?
Tikhon of Kaluga was a monk.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Tikhon of Kaluga. https://biography.guide/tikhon-of-kaluga/
MLA: "Tikhon of Kaluga." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/tikhon-of-kaluga/.
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