Dr. Tikon

The trial of Archbishop Tikon, former Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Russia, was definitely fixed for April 23.

Dr. Tikon will also be unfrocked before and by the order of the Ecclesiastical Congress now in session.

The charges against the former Patriarch:

1) Tsarist partisanship. Attacks against Communists, " calling them robbers and murderers."

2) Lending assistance to the enemy in time of civil war.

3) Communicating with anticommunist Russians abroad.

4) Having illicit communications with the Archbishop of Canterbury.