St Herman of Alaska icon. Print with varnish on wooden board. English text.

St Herman of Alaska icon with English text. Print with varnish on wooden board. Made in Russia. This icon has been blessed.

Saint Herman of Alaska was born in the town of Serpukhov, near Moscow, in 1757 into a merchant family. His secular name and surname are unknown. At the age of sixteen, he entered the monastic life. At first, the saint served in the Trinity-Sergius Desert, located in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland (the desert belonged to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra).

On August 9, 1970, on the day of remembrance of the holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, the glorification of Saint Herman was performed on Kodiak Island. By decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on December 1, 1970, the name of St. Herman of Alaska was included in the monthly calendar. In 1984, St. Herman was glorified together with all the Siberian saints. His image is on the general icon of Siberian saints.

15cm x 18cm