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Metropolitan Tikhon (Russian: Митрополит Тихон, secular name Georgiy Alexandrovich Shevkunov, Russian: Георгий Александрович Шевкунов; born 2 July 1958 in Moscow) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and a popular writer.^[1] He is the Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov;^[2] in October 2023 it was reported that he was to be moved to the Diocese of Simferopol and Crimea.^[3]

From 2015 to 2018 he was the head of the Western Vicariat [ru] of Moscow city.^[4]

He was superior of the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow from 1995 to 2018.^[5] Tikhon is often referred to as the personal confessor of Russian president Vladimir Putin.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Zhegulev, Ilya (26 November 2015). "Самые влиятельные в РПЦ". Meduza.
^ "Тихон, митрополит Псковский и Порховский (Шевкунов Георгий Александрович) / Персоналии / Патриархия.ru". Патриархия.ru. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
^ The Moscow Times, Russian Bishop Known as Putin's Confessor Named Head of Crimea Diocese, article dated October 12, 2023
^ "Тихон, митрополит Псковский и Порховский (Шевкунов Георгий Александрович)" (in Russian). Official website of the Russian Orthodox Church. 19 May 2018.
^ "Назначены исполняющие обязанности наместника Сретенского ставропигиального монастыря и ректора Сретенской духовной семинарии" (in Russian). Official website of the Russian Orthodox Church. 19 May 2018.