January 28, 2016

The 150th Birth Anniversary of Patriarch Tikhon

Russia Post issued a stamp on 5th November 2015 to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Patriarch Tikhon decepting his portrait with churches in the background.

Tikhon (born Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin) was the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia after the Russian Patriarchate was reinstated (1917-1925).

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