title: At the Crossroads: The History of the Greek-Catholic Church in Lithuania Part III: A New Beginning
abstract: St Tikhon Bellavin of Moscow (1865-1925).He had been Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska for 2 a long time.In 1917 he was elected Patriarch.At the beginning, Tikhon tried to resist the abuses perpetrated by the Bolshevik government against his Church, and for this reason he was put under arrest for two years.Tikhon was eventually forced to swear his allegiance to the state.
journal: Digital Commons - George Fox University (George Fox University)