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His Grace Bishop '''Tikhon (Mollard) of Philadelphia''' is the ruling [[bishop]] of the [[Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania]] in the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. ==Life== Bishop Tikhon was born Marc R. Mollard in Boston, Massachusetts on [[July 15]], 1966, the oldest of three children born to Francois and Elizabeth Mollard. After brief periods living in Connecticut, France, and Missouri, he and his family settled in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Wyomissing High School in 1984. In 1988 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Sociology from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, after which he moved to Chicago, where he attended services at Ss. Peter and Paul Church ([[OCA]]). In 1989 he was received into the Orthodox Church from [[Anglican Communion|Episcopalianism]], and, in the fall of the same year, he began studies at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Seminary]] in South Canaan, Pennsylvania. One year later he entered the [[monasticism|monastic]] community at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Monastery]] as a [[novice]]. After receiving his Master of Divinity degree from St. Tikhon's in 1993, he was appointed as an instructor in [[Old Testament]] Studies there. He continues to serve as senior lecturer in Old Testament, teaching master's level courses in the [[prophet]]s and the [[Psalms]] and Wisdom Literature. He is also an instructor in the seminary's extension studies program, offering courses in the lives of the Old Testament [[saint]]s, the liturgical use of the Old Testament, and the Old Testament in [[patristics|patristic]] literature. In 1995 he was [[tonsure]]d to the lesser schema by His Eminence [[Archbishop]] [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman]] and given the name Tikhon, in honor of St. [[Tikhon of Moscow|Patriarch Tikhon]], Enlightener of North America. Later that year he was [[ordination|ordaine]]d to the Holy [[deacon|Diaconate]] and Holy [[Priest]]hood at St. Tikhon's Monastery. In 1998 he was elevated to the rank of [[igumen]] and in 2000 to the rank of [[archimandrite]]. Archimandrite Tikhon collaborated with Igumen [[Alexander Golitzin|Alexander (Golitzin)]] in the publication of "The Living Witness of the Holy Mountain," published by St. Tikhon Seminary Press, by illustrating this classic book about [[Mount Athos]]. In December 2002, he was appointed by [[Metropolitan]] Herman to serve as deputy abbot of St. Tikhon's Monastery. Archimandrite Tikhon was consecrated to the episcopacy at the monastery on Saturday, [[February 14]], 2004 by his Beatitude Herman, becoming Bishop of South Canaan. On [[October 29]], 2005, Bishop Tikhon was officially installed as the ruling [[hierarch]] of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania during [[Divine Liturgy]] at the Saint Stephen Cathedral. ==External link== [http://oca.org/News.asp?ID=867&SID=19 Bishop Tikhon installed as ruling hierarch of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania] - OCA Web site. {{start box}} {{succession| before=—| title=Bishop of South Canaan| years=2004-2005| after=—}} {{succession| before=[[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]]| title=Bishop of Philadelphia (OCA)| years=2005-present | after=—}} {{end box}} [[Category:Bishops]] [[Category:Monastics]] [[Category:Converts to Orthodox Christianity|Mollard]]

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