My Recollections of Papa Tykhon

Through his worldly simplicity and humility, joy and love, Papa Tykhon constantly offered prayers for the whole world. He was devoted to the Theotokos and was a worthy minister of the Most High God, the celebration of the Divine Liturgy being his particular delight. A man of love, prayer, compunc­tion and humility, he demonstrated his love of heav­enly things by his constant remembrance of death, by his joy, and by his “laying aside of all earthly cares.”