a photographic pilgrimage to Orthodox Christian monasteries across the continent
This past Tuesday I returned to Anchorage from Kodiak, having spent four days with the monks at Archangel Michael Skete on Spruce Island. I'm back on the road today for my return leg, and am just putting up this quick post before leaving for the Divine Liturgy at St George (Antiochian) near Portland OR, …
Continue reading St Herman, Spruce Island & the Alaskan Pilgrimage
The complete, 25 minute documentary, finally available for online viewing, and in much better quality! This impressive and award-winning film was for years only able to be viewed in two 9-minute parts (the third and final part was apparently never uploaded), until PressValaam posted the complete video in January 2017, and in higher resolution. I'm …
Continue reading Documentary Film: ‘The Relics of Saint Herman’
Yesterday, December 13, was the Winter Feast of St. Herman, Elder and Wonderworker of Alaska. The Eleventh Ikos[1] of the Akathist Service[2] to this first Orthodox Christian saint glorified in America[3] provides an inspiring summary of why Fr. Herman, a humble monk (not ever ordained to the priesthood) from Valaam Monastery in Russia who came …
Continue reading St Herman of Alaska – ‘Source of Light and Inspiration’
Alaska. St Herman. Pilgrimage. How I yearn for this! Here is a great video of a recent St Herman Pilgrimage. Scroll down for the news announcement from the OCA website. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ObfHixqb5M Alaska’s 47th annual St. Herman Pilgrimage to be held August 7-9 OCA.org, June 22, 2017: Hundreds of faithful are expected to participate in the …
Continue reading Alaska’s annual St. Herman Pilgrimage includes Liturgy on Spruce Island
First Saint of the North American Thebaid 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 …
The North American Thebaid 