As Archbishop of Alaska, Tikhon traveled widely in the United States and participated in many ecumenical events; in 1900 he sat on a bishop’s throne at the consecration of the Episcopal Bishop of Fond du Lac and would have helped in the laying-on-of-hands, but TEC’s House of Bishops said no; a photo of all the bishops in copes and miters was enough to cause a national scandal. things are different now, in part because of him.
