St Herman of Alaska

St Herman of AlaskaSt. Herman of Alaska the humble monk of Valaam who became the apostle of America, living for decades on Spruce Island in prayer and service to the Aleut people is depicted here by Archimandrite Cyprian of Holy Trinity Monastery. Holy Trinity Monastery, as the great center of Russian Orthodoxy in America, has a special bond with St. Herman, whom they helped to glorify in 1970. An Orthodox mounted icon from Damascene Gallery.

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