Chosen For His People

A Biography of Patriarch Tikhon

By Jane SwanPreface by Scott KenworthyNotes by Scott Kenworthy,

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Description

St Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow (Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin, 1865-1925) is one of the most important figures of both Russian and Orthodox Church history in the twentieth century. Yet ninety years after his death this remains the only complete biography ever published in the English language. It has now been updated and revised with a new preface and bibliography, together with revised and additional endnotes, by Scott M. Kenworthy.

All together these reveal a picture of a man whom no one expected to be chosen as Patriarch. Nevertheless he humbly accepted the call of God and the people to guide the Church during the most turbulent of times as it faced both internal upheavals and external persecution. As he said in his speech immediately following his election as Patriarch in 1917, “…I am entrusted with the care for all the Russian churches, and what awaits me is the gradual dying for them all my days.”

Both specialists and general readers will become better acquainted with St Tikhon through this modest but carefully crafted monograph.

Additional information

Dimensions 216 × 140 in
Author Name

Jane Swan

Format

BC

Publication Date

20150701

Imprint

Pages

172

Publisher

Language

English

Book Dimensions

140 × 216 mm × 12 mm

Format Detail

Paperback

Preface

Scott Kenworthy

Notes

Scott Kenworthy

Author Biography

Dr Jane Swan (1925-2010) taught history at West Chester University in Pennsylvania and served as Director of the Women’s Center there. She earned her doctorate in Russian history from the University of Pennsylvania. 

Dr Scott M. Kenworthy is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at Miami University in Ohio. He earned his doctorate in history from Brandeis University and was the recipient of the 2010 Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize of the American Society of Church History for his first book The Heart of Russia: Trinity-Sergius, Monasticism, and Society after 1825 (Oxford University Press, 2010).

Contents

CONTENTS

Preface by Scott M. Kenworthy

1. Years of Preparation

2. Revival of the Patriarchate

3. 1917 to the Famine

4. Attacks from Within and Without

5. The Release

6. The Will

Notes

Bibliography

Additional Bibliography (Scott M. Kenworthy)

Index