Father Herman: Alaska’s Saint

Publication Data: Platina, CA: St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2005
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 72
Dimensions (l × w × h): 20.9 cm × 13.3 cm × 0.6 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 1‒887904‒03‒4

   
By F. A. Golder
Papercut illustrations by Nikki McClure

“This book begins with the first English-language account of the life of St. Herman of Alaska (1757–1836). The author of this Life, Frank Alfred Golder (1877–1929), was a Russian-born professor of history as Washington State College at Pullman. When the Life was originally published in the first part of the twentieth century, Fr. Herman was little known outside of Alaska and his Valaam Monastery in northern Russia. Many years later, in 1970, Fr. Herman was canonized by the Orthodox Church, and today he is revered worldwide, especially in the countries of America, Russia, Greece, Romania and Serbia.”
—“Preface”

CONTENTS

PREFACE by Ryassaphore-monk Adrian
PART I: THE LIFE OF FR. HERMAN by F. A. Golder
   1. A Valaam Monk
   2. The American Mission
   3. Spruce Island
   4. Alaska’s Saint
PART II: MIRACLES OF FR. HERMAN
PART III: SPRUCE ISLAND
MAPS
ABOUT THE ARTIST