Tikhon Shevkunov
Tikhon Shevunov | |
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Bishop Tikhon in April 2016 | |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church |
| Diocese | Eparchy of Vladimir |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 July 1991 (deacon) 24 October 2015 (Bishop) |
| Rank | Metropolitan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yuri Vasilyevich Smirnov 2 July 1958 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Parents | Yelena Shevkunova |
| Education | Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography |
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Metropolitan Tikhon (Russian: Митрополит Тихон, secular name Georgiy Alexandrovich Shevkunov, Russian: Георгий Александрович Шевкунов; born 2 July 1958 in Moscow) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a popular writer. He is the Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov; in October 2023 it was reported that he was to be moved to the Diocese of Simferopol and Crimea.
From 2015 to 2018 he was the head of the Western Vicariat of Moscow city.
He was superior of the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow from 1995 to 2018. Tikhon is often referred to as the personal confessor of Russian president Vladimir Putin.