{"id":94799,"date":"2025-04-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/04\/07\/04-07-shen-tihoni-patriarku-i-moskes-dhe-iluminator-i-amerikes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T18:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:37:43","slug":"04-07-shen-tihoni-patriarku-i-moskes-dhe-iluminator-i-amerikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxalbania.org\/2026\/2025\/04\/07\/04-07-shen-tihoni-patriarku-i-moskes-dhe-iluminator-i-amerikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sh\u00ebn Tihoni Patriarku i Mosk\u00ebs dhe Iluminator i Amerik\u00ebs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- OA_BILINGUAL_SAINT_TEXT_20260601 source_filename=\"04_07_\u0386\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u03a4\u03cd\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd_\u03bf_\u03a0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03c7\u03b7\u03c2_\u039c\u03cc\u03c3\u03c7\u03b1\u03c2_\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9_\u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2_\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2_\u0391\u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2.txt\" lang=\"sq\" --><\/p>\n<article class=\"oa-saint-entry oa-saint-entry-textonly\" data-saint-month=\"04\" data-saint-day=\"07\" data-source-filename=\"04_07_\u0386\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2_\u03a4\u03cd\u03c7\u03c9\u03bd_\u03bf_\u03a0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03ac\u03c1\u03c7\u03b7\u03c2_\u039c\u03cc\u03c3\u03c7\u03b1\u03c2_\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9_\u03a6\u03c9\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2_\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2_\u0391\u03bc\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2.txt\">\n<header class=\"oa-saint-caption\">\n<h2>Sh\u00ebn Tihoni Patriarku i Mosk\u00ebs dhe Iluminator i Amerik\u00ebs<\/h2>\n<p class=\"oa-saint-meta\">7 Prill \u00b7 Jet\u00eb Shenjtor\u00ebsh<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"oa-saint-body\">\n<p>Nj\u00eb peshkop rus kaloi oqeanet dhe arriti n\u00eb Ishujt Aleutian p\u00ebr t\u00eb mb\u00ebshtetur Ortodoksin\u00eb n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb. M\u00eb von\u00eb, me short para ikon\u00ebs mrekullib\u00ebr\u00ebse t\u00eb Hyjlind\u00ebs t\u00eb Vladimirit, u zgjodh Patriark i Mosk\u00ebs gjat\u00eb viteve t\u00eb persekutimit t\u00eb p\u00ebrgjaksh\u00ebm. B\u00ebhet fjal\u00eb p\u00ebr Sh\u00ebn Tihoni, i linduri Vasili Ivanovich Bellavin, i cili ka lindur n\u00eb vitin 1865 n\u00eb provinc\u00ebn e Pskov t\u00eb Rusis\u00eb. Babai i tij ishte prifti Joani Bellavin, nj\u00eb vikar modest i nj\u00eb fshati n\u00eb rajonin e Toropiecs. Q\u00eb n\u00eb mosh\u00eb t\u00eb vog\u00ebl ai tregoi nj\u00eb but\u00ebsi t\u00eb rrall\u00eb, nj\u00eb dashuri t\u00eb thell\u00eb p\u00ebr Kish\u00ebn dhe nj\u00eb prirje t\u00eb natyrshme drejt adhurimit t\u00eb Zotit. N\u00eb mosh\u00ebn tremb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb vje\u00e7 hyri n\u00eb shkoll\u00ebn kishtare t\u00eb Pskovit, ku u dallua p\u00ebr devotshm\u00ebrin\u00eb dhe gatishm\u00ebrin\u00eb e tij. N\u00eb fakt, shok\u00ebt e klas\u00ebs e quanin me humor peshkop dhe patriark, sikur t\u00eb kishin nj\u00eb parandjenj\u00eb p\u00ebr t\u00eb ardhmen e tij. N\u00eb mosh\u00ebn nj\u00ebzet e tre vje\u00e7, ai u diplomua n\u00eb akademin\u00eb teologjike t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Pjetrisburgut dhe u kthye si profesor n\u00eb seminarin e vendlindjes s\u00eb tij. Ai jetoi me kursim dhe past\u00ebrti, i p\u00ebrkushtuar ndaj studimit dhe nx\u00ebn\u00ebs\u00ebve t\u00eb tij. N\u00eb mosh\u00ebn nj\u00ebzet e gjasht\u00eb vje\u00e7 vendosi me vet\u00ebdije t\u00eb ndiqte rrug\u00ebn monastike me p\u00ebrkushtim ndaj Kish\u00ebs. Prerja e flok\u00ebve iu b\u00eb n\u00eb kapel\u00ebn e shkoll\u00ebs ku ai jepte m\u00ebsim dhe mori emrin Tihoni p\u00ebr nder t\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Tihoni t\u00eb Zadonskut. Pothuajse i gjith\u00eb qyteti u mblodh p\u00ebr t\u00eb par\u00eb ceremonin\u00eb prek\u00ebse, pasi teologu i ri kishte fituar dashurin\u00eb e t\u00eb gjith\u00ebve. Pak m\u00eb von\u00eb ai u transferua n\u00eb seminarin e Holm dhe u ngrit n\u00eb grad\u00ebn e arkimandritit. M\u00eb 1897 u shugurua peshkop i Lublinit, nd\u00ebrsa vitin e ardhsh\u00ebm u zgjodh peshkop i Ishujve Aleutian dhe Alask\u00ebs. K\u00ebshtu filloi puna e tij e madhe misionare n\u00eb dioqez\u00ebn e gjer\u00eb dhe shum\u00ebkomb\u00ebshe t\u00eb Amerik\u00ebs. Ai riorganizoi struktur\u00ebn administrative, e quajti dioqez\u00ebn aleutiane dhe amerikano-veriore dhe punoi pa u lodhur p\u00ebr p\u00ebrhapjen e Ortodoksis\u00eb. Kleri dhe populli e donin aq shum\u00eb sa amerikan\u00ebt e b\u00ebn\u00eb qytetar nderi t\u00eb Shteteve t\u00eb Bashkuara. Ai bekoi gurin e themelit t\u00eb Katedrales s\u00eb Sh\u00ebn Nikoll\u00ebs n\u00eb Nju Jork dhe hapi kisha p\u00ebr emigrant\u00ebt ortodoks\u00eb sirian\u00eb n\u00eb Bruklin. N\u00eb vitin 1955 misioni amerikan u b\u00eb kryepeshkopat\u00eb dhe Sh\u00ebn Tihoni u ngrit n\u00eb kryepeshkopat\u00eb, me dy ndihm\u00ebs peshkop\u00eb, Innocent dhe Sh\u00ebn Raphael Haveni. N\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebjtin vit, ai dha bekimin e tij p\u00ebr ngritjen e Manastirit t\u00eb Shenjt\u00eb t\u00eb Agios Tihonios, i cili u b\u00eb nj\u00eb fener i ortodoksis\u00eb n\u00eb tok\u00ebn amerikane. N\u00eb vitin 1977 ai u kthye n\u00eb Rusi dhe u caktua n\u00eb dioqez\u00ebn e Yaroslavl, ku fitoi shpejt dashurin\u00eb e kopes\u00eb s\u00eb tij. Ai foli thjesht me bashk\u00ebpun\u00ebtor\u00ebt e tij, duke mos p\u00ebrdorur kurr\u00eb nj\u00eb ton mbizot\u00ebrues apo arrogant ndaj askujt. Kur kishte nevoj\u00eb t\u00eb qortonte dik\u00eb, e b\u00ebnte me humor dhe dashamir\u00ebsi, n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb q\u00eb tjetri t\u00eb korrigjonte gabimet e veta. M\u00eb 1913 u transferua n\u00eb Vilnius, Lituani dhe populli i Jaroslavlit e nderoi si qytetar nderi t\u00eb qytetit t\u00eb tyre. Atje ai mb\u00ebshteti bujarisht institucionet bamir\u00ebse dhe tregoi edhe nj\u00eb her\u00eb dashurin\u00eb e tij t\u00eb madhe p\u00ebr njer\u00ebzit. Kur shp\u00ebrtheu Lufta e Par\u00eb Bot\u00ebrore, ai q\u00ebndroi pran\u00eb banor\u00ebve t\u00eb varf\u00ebr q\u00eb kishin humbur sht\u00ebpit\u00eb dhe pasurit\u00eb e tyre. Turma refugjat\u00ebsh vrapuan te bariu i tyre p\u00ebr ngush\u00ebllim dhe ndihm\u00eb materiale. Pas Revolucionit t\u00eb Shkurtit, ai u zgjodh an\u00ebtar i Sinodit t\u00eb ri dhe pak m\u00eb von\u00eb pastor i Mosk\u00ebs nga asambleja administrative e klerit dhe popullit. N\u00eb gusht, n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00ebqind e shtat\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb, sinodi lokal u hap n\u00eb Mosk\u00eb dhe Kryepeshkopi Tihoni u ngrit n\u00eb grad\u00ebn metropolitane dhe u zgjodh presidenti i tij. Shqet\u00ebsimi kryesor i sinodit ishte rivendosja e institucionit patriarkal n\u00eb Kish\u00ebn Ruse mbi parime rrept\u00ebsisht kanonike. An\u00ebtar\u00ebt zgjodh\u00ebn tre kandidat\u00eb n\u00eb m\u00ebnyr\u00eb q\u00eb kleri t\u00eb mund t\u00eb zbulonte vullnetin e Zotit n\u00eb at\u00eb koh\u00eb kritike. Ata zgjodh\u00ebn Antonin e Kharkovit, m\u00eb t\u00eb men\u00e7urin, Arseniun e Novgorodit, m\u00eb t\u00eb rreptin dhe Tykonin e Mosk\u00ebs, m\u00eb fisnikun nga t\u00eb gjith\u00eb. Pas Liturgji Hyjnore n\u00eb Katedralen e Krishtit Shp\u00ebtimtar, nj\u00eb murg hodhi shortin para ikon\u00ebs s\u00eb Hyjlind\u00ebs t\u00eb Vladimirit. Mitropoliti Vladimir i Kievit njoftoi me emocion se Tycho i Mosk\u00ebs u zgjodh Patriarku i ri. Sh\u00ebn nuk ndryshoi fare pas ngjitjes s\u00eb tij n\u00eb fronin patriarkal t\u00eb Kish\u00ebs Ruse. Duke pranuar vullnetin e k\u00ebshillit, ai e krahasoi sh\u00ebrbimin e tij me rrotull\u00ebn e ngr\u00ebn\u00eb nga profeti Ezekiel. N\u00eb at\u00eb rrotull ishin shkruar fjal\u00ebt vajtim, vajtim dhe mjerim, q\u00eb parashikojn\u00eb sprov\u00ebn e tij t\u00eb ardhshme. Me gjith\u00eb but\u00ebsin\u00eb e tij, Sh\u00ebn ishte i vendosur n\u00eb \u00e7do \u00e7\u00ebshtje kishtare, ve\u00e7an\u00ebrisht kur duhej t\u00eb mbronte Kish\u00ebn nga armiqt\u00eb e saj. Ai mbante nj\u00eb kryq jasht\u00ebzakonisht t\u00eb r\u00ebnd\u00eb, pasi u thirr p\u00ebr t\u00eb udh\u00ebhequr Kish\u00ebn n\u00eb mes t\u00eb trazirave universale dhe pa organet drejtuese n\u00eb krah. Ai u p\u00ebrball me p\u00ebr\u00e7arje dhe trazira t\u00eb brendshme nga pasuesit e Kish\u00ebs s\u00eb Gjall\u00eb, restaurues dhe autoqefal\u00eb. Situata u v\u00ebshtir\u00ebsua edhe m\u00eb shum\u00eb nga ndryshimi i sistemit politik dhe mbizot\u00ebrimi i regjimit ateist. Uria dhe lufta civile e mbush\u00ebn vendin me mjerim, nd\u00ebrsa tempujt u konfiskuan dhe klerik\u00ebt u vun\u00eb n\u00eb gjyq. Lajmet e persekutimeve arrit\u00ebn te Patriarku nga t\u00eb gjitha an\u00ebt e Rusis\u00eb dhe i l\u00ebnduan shpirtin. Emri i tij i past\u00ebr u b\u00eb nj\u00eb fener i ndritsh\u00ebm, duke u treguar besimtar\u00ebve rrug\u00ebn e Ortodoksis\u00eb s\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00eb. N\u00eb enciklikat e tij ai u b\u00ebri thirrje njer\u00ebzve q\u00eb t\u00eb zbatojn\u00eb urdh\u00ebrimet e Krishtit dhe t\u00eb rilindin shpirt\u00ebrisht n\u00ebp\u00ebrmjet pendimit. M\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e pes\u00eb shtatorin e n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb, me luft\u00ebn civile n\u00eb lul\u00ebzim t\u00eb plot\u00eb, ai i nxiti klerik\u00ebt t\u00eb q\u00ebndronin larg \u00e7do grindjeje politike. N\u00eb ver\u00ebn e n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e nj\u00ebzet e nj\u00eb, nj\u00eb zi e tmerrshme shp\u00ebrtheu n\u00eb rajonin e Vollg\u00ebs, duke kushtuar jet\u00eb t\u00eb panum\u00ebrta. Patriarku Tihoni i b\u00ebri thirrje popullit rus dhe t\u00eb gjith\u00eb njer\u00ebzve t\u00eb bot\u00ebs q\u00eb t\u00eb ndihmojn\u00eb viktimat e uris\u00eb. Ai bekoi ofertat vullnetare t\u00eb objekteve t\u00eb kish\u00ebs q\u00eb nuk p\u00ebrdoreshin drejtp\u00ebrdrejt n\u00eb sh\u00ebrbimet e shenjta. Por regjimi nxori nj\u00eb dekret q\u00eb konfiskonte gjith\u00e7ka pa p\u00ebrjashtim t\u00eb en\u00ebve t\u00eb shenjta, madje edhe ato liturgjike. Sipas kanunit t\u00eb shtat\u00ebdhjet\u00eb e tret\u00eb apostolik, nj\u00eb veprim i till\u00eb u konsiderua sakrilegj dhe Patriarku refuzoi ta sanksiononte. N\u00eb fund t\u00eb fundit, shum\u00eb dyshuan se thesaret do t\u00eb p\u00ebrdoreshin p\u00ebr t\u00eb luftuar urin\u00eb mes njer\u00ebzve t\u00eb uritur. Konfiskimi i dhunsh\u00ebm shkaktoi indinjat\u00eb popullore kudo dhe shkaktoi ndjekje t\u00eb r\u00ebnda penale. Rreth dy mij\u00eb gjyqe u mbajt\u00ebn n\u00eb t\u00eb gjith\u00eb Rusin\u00eb dhe mbi dhjet\u00eb mij\u00eb besimtar\u00eb humb\u00ebn jet\u00ebn. Mesazhi i Patriarkut u paraqit si sabotim dhe ai u burgos nga nj\u00ebzet e dy deri n\u00eb nj\u00ebzet e tre qershor. Pavar\u00ebsisht sprovave, ai mbeti nj\u00eb mish\u00ebrim i gjall\u00eb i Ortodoksis\u00eb, i njohur edhe nga armiqt\u00eb e Kish\u00ebs, duke i quajtur besimtar\u00ebt Tikonit. Kur prift\u00ebrinjt\u00eb dhe hierark\u00ebt restaurues u penduan dhe u kthyen n\u00eb kish\u00eb, Sh\u00ebn i priti me but\u00ebsi dhe dashuri at\u00ebrore. Megjithat\u00eb, ky q\u00ebndrim mosp\u00ebrfill\u00ebs nuk n\u00ebnkuptonte asnj\u00eb devijim nga linja rrept\u00ebsisht orthodhokse e pastorit. Ai deklaroi se nuk do t\u00eb b\u00ebnte kurr\u00eb kompromise q\u00eb do t\u00eb \u00e7onin n\u00eb humbjen e past\u00ebrtis\u00eb dhe forc\u00ebs s\u00eb Ortodoksis\u00eb. Ai u b\u00ebri thirrje klerit q\u00eb t&#x27;i kushtojn\u00eb t\u00eb gjitha forcat e tyre p\u00ebr t\u00eb predikuar fjal\u00ebn e Zotit dhe t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00ebn e Krishtit. Ai tha se n\u00eb ato koh\u00eb mosbesimi dhe ateizmi sulmojn\u00eb me paturp\u00ebsi kund\u00ebr Kish\u00ebs s\u00eb Krishtit. Shum\u00ebsia e sprovave u b\u00eb nj\u00eb barr\u00eb e r\u00ebnd\u00eb p\u00ebr zemr\u00ebn e ndjeshme dhe t\u00eb dashur t\u00eb Patriarkut. Trazirat brenda dhe jasht\u00eb Kish\u00ebs, pun\u00ebt baritore, net\u00ebt pa gjum\u00eb dhe mendimet e r\u00ebnda e d\u00ebmtuan sh\u00ebndetin e tij. Paraburgimi i tij i gjat\u00eb, shpifjet dashakeqe t\u00eb armiqve t\u00eb tij dhe kritikat e pand\u00ebrprera edhe nga ortodoks\u00ebt ia dob\u00ebsuan fuqin\u00eb. N\u00eb mosh\u00ebn n\u00ebnt\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb t\u00eb nj\u00ebzetekat\u00ebr, ai filloi t\u00eb ndihej r\u00ebnd\u00eb keq dhe u shtrua n\u00eb nj\u00eb spital p\u00ebr kujdes. Por t\u00eb dielave dhe festave t\u00eb m\u00ebdha ai dilte p\u00ebr t\u00eb festuar vet\u00eb Liturgji Hyjnore, i p\u00ebrkushtuar ndaj kopes\u00eb s\u00eb tij. T\u00eb diel\u00ebn e 5 prillit 1925 kreu Liturgjin\u00eb e fundit Hyjnore dhe dy dit\u00eb m\u00eb von\u00eb ia dor\u00ebzoi shpirtin Zotit. Pak para largimit t\u00eb tij nga kjo bot\u00eb, ai priti Mitropolitin Pjet\u00ebr dhe zhvilloi nj\u00eb bised\u00eb t\u00eb gjat\u00eb shpirt\u00ebrore me t\u00eb. Nat\u00ebn fjeti pak, u zgjua dhe k\u00ebrkoi t\u00eb dinte sa ishte ora n\u00eb at\u00eb moment. Kur i than\u00eb se ishte nj\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb dyzet e pes\u00eb vje\u00e7, ai e kryq\u00ebzoi veten dy her\u00eb me bindje dhe besim t\u00eb thell\u00eb. Ai arriti t&#x27;i p\u00ebshp\u00ebriste lavdi Zotit, lavdi ty, pa e b\u00ebr\u00eb kryqin p\u00ebr her\u00eb t\u00eb tret\u00eb. Pothuajse nj\u00eb milion njer\u00ebz mb\u00ebrrit\u00ebn n\u00eb Mosk\u00eb p\u00ebr t&#x27;i th\u00ebn\u00eb lamtumir\u00ebn pastorit t\u00eb tyre t\u00eb dashur. Katedralja e madhe e manastirit Donskoi nuk mund t\u00eb strehonte njer\u00ebzit, t\u00eb cil\u00ebt u derdh\u00ebn n\u00eb sheshe dhe rrug\u00eb ngjitur. Sh\u00ebn Tykhon ishte Patriarku i nj\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00eb i Mosk\u00ebs dhe kulloti Kish\u00ebn Ruse p\u00ebr shtat\u00eb vjet e gjysm\u00eb luft\u00eb t\u00eb vazhdueshme. V\u00ebshtir\u00eb se mund t\u00eb imagjinohet Kisha Ruse e atyre sprovave pa Patriarkun e saj trim dhe modest. Vet\u00eb fjal\u00ebt e tij p\u00ebrmbledhin jet\u00ebn e tij teksa i k\u00ebrkoi Per\u00ebndis\u00eb t&#x27;i m\u00ebsonte besimtar\u00ebt t\u00eb luftonin p\u00ebr t\u00eb v\u00ebrtet\u00ebn dhe Kish\u00ebn e Tij.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nj\u00eb peshkop rus kaloi oqeanet dhe arriti n\u00eb Ishujt Aleutian p\u00ebr t\u00eb mb\u00ebshtetur Ortodoksin\u00eb n\u00eb Amerik\u00eb. 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