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Herman of Alaska (Russian: Преподобный Ге́рман Аляскинский, romanized: Prepodobny German Alaskinsky; c. 1756 – November 15, 1837) was a Russian Orthodox monk and missionary to Alaska, which was then part of Russian America. His gentle approach and ascetic life earned him the love and respect of both the native ...
Jun 17, 2020 · St. Herman of Alaska Our venerable father Herman of Alaska (1756 - December 13 , 1837) was an 18th century missionary to Alaska . He, in 1970, became the first saint to be glorified by the Orthodox Church in America , concurrent with parallel services in another location by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia .
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Icon of St. Herman of Alaska. SAINT HERMAN OF ALASKA, the first "American" saint, was the first to bring Orthodoxy to this continent. He came to America as a young monk in 1794 as part of the original Russian Orthodox mission to Alaska. He lived there until his repose, and for more than four decades taught the natives by word and example.
St. Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska (1836) St Herman, for many the Patron of North America, was born near Moscow around 1756 to a pious merchant family, and entered monastic life at the age of sixteen, at the Trinity - St SergiusLavra near St Petersburg. While there he was attacked by a cancer of the face, but the Mother of God appeared to him ...
Jul 26, 2023 · Saint Herman of Alaska, America's first canonized saint, was an Orthodox Christian monk of holy life who lived in Valaam Monastery in Russia. In 1794, along with nine other monastics he was sent to Alaska to evangelize the natives there. In time St. Herman would become the sole survivor of the original missionaries.
Hierarchs and Clergy celebrating the Services of Canonization of Saint Herman. Photos of the Canonization of Saint Herman. Wonderworker of All America Born: around 1756-1760 (Serpukhov, Moscow Diocese, Russia) Died: December 25, 1837 (Spruce Island, Alaska) Glorification Date: August 9, 1970 Commemoration Dates: August 9 (glorification)
Kontakion of Herman of Alaska Plagal of the Fourth Tone Monk of Valaam, who through ascetic labours didst become an emulator of the desert-dwelling Saints of old, O beloved of the Mother of God and Virgin, having taken prayer as sword and shield, thou wast revealed as the scourge of pagan darkness and the demons' hosts.
