Tikhon Zaitsev

Tikhon Zaitsev
Archbishop of Ruza
Archbishop Tikhon in Moscow in 2015
Native name
Тихон
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
DioceseBerlin and Germany
Appointed28 December 2017
PredecessorJohn (Roshchin)
SuccessorIncumbent
Orders
Ordination7 April 1993 (deacon)
25 March 1993 (Tonsured)
26 April 2009 (Bishop)
1 February 2018 (archbishop)
by Metropolitan Kirill (Gundyaev) of Smolensk and Kaliningrad
RankArchbishop
Personal details
Born
Alexander Viktorovich Zaitsev

(1967-04-13) April 13, 1967
NationalityRussian
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church

Archbishop Tikhon (Russian: Архиепископ Тихон, secular name Alexander Viktorovich Zaitsev, Russian: Александр Викторович Зайцев; born 13 April 1967), is the bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church; currently he is ruling hierarch of the Diocese of Berlin and Germany with the title of "Archbishop of Ruza".