We are blessed to have Saint Tikhon of Moscow as our heavenly intercessor before God. He was a wise, energetic and humble missionary bishop in Alaska and North America beginning in 1898. Bishop Tikhon was recalled to Russia and was elected Patriarch during the time of trials and persecutions in the Church which followed the Russian Revolution of 1917. He accepted the patriarchal throne in humble submission to God’s will as a bitter cup and led the Church of Russia during the time of mortal sin and temptation. He defended the Church and the Christian people of Russia during the early years of Communist persecution and steadfastly refused to compromise the Truth, never abandoning his flock, for which he suffered greatly and bravely endured as a Confessor of Christ.