Note on verso in Russian written by Tikhon Vinokouroff Oct. 12, 1920: On
Kumakh- Surt
120 v[ersts] from Buluna (Siberia)
All [illeg.] "without ceremony"
-- without changing clothes
Sept. 15, 1926
Tikhon, appointed as bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska in 1898, returned to Russia in 1907. In 1917, he was elected to the office of Patriarch, an office he held until his death in 1925. The Orthodox Church in America refers to him as St. Tikhon,...
Tikhon, appointed as bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska in 1898, returned to Russia in 1907. In 1917, he was elected to the office of Patriarch, an office he held until his death in 1925. The Orthodox Church in America refers to him as St. Tikhon,...