Tikhon of Zadonsk

Tikhon of Zadonsk was an 18th-century Russian Orthodox bishop, spiritual writer, and ascetic who served as Bishop of Voronezh before retiring to the monastery at Zadonsk in 1769. His influential works, including *A Spiritual Treasury Gathered from the World* and *On True Christianity*, focus on Christian moral and spiritual life. Canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1861, he remains known as a major Russian spiritual teacher.