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St. Herman, Wonderworker of Alaska
Please see below for a short life of St. Herman of Alaska, as well as the troparion and kontakion dedicated to him. St Herman’s feast day occurs on Dec. 25th/12th (Old Calendar), although some calendars show Dec. 26th/13th.
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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 Sergius Lavra near St Petersburg. While there he was attacked by a cancer of the face, but the Mother of God appeared to him and healed him (more…)