{"product_id":"herman-a-wilderness-saint","title":"Herman A Wilderness Saint","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow is it that a simple Russian Orthodox monk traveled thousands of miles across the Eurasian landmass and north Pacific ocean to settle in Kodiak, Alaska? Why, nearly 200 years later was he cited in a speech to the 91st United States Congress, delivered by Senator Ted Stevens? It was expressed in this oration that \u003cem\u003ehis canonization will serve to yield new benevolence and understanding to provide the Aleut and other native people of Alaska the rewards of their faith in their Church and the rewards of their faith in America.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe memory of St Herman, canonized in 1970, has spread well beyond Alaska. This new work brings to light primary sources that illuminate the story of St Herman and the wider context of the history of Russian colonization in the Pacific northwest. It reveals new fascinating biographical details such as his connection to St Seraphim of Sarov. The reader will encounter interesting texts on the attitude of the Russian Orthodox missionaries to a kind of same sex marriage practiced by some Alaskan natives, and the story of the legendary Novgorodians who were believed to have established a colony in Alaska during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThus the work will be of interest to those who love the saint, and to students of Russian-American history and the ethnology of the native peoples of Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSergei Korsun\u003c\/strong\u003e, Cand. Sc., is the Chief Specialist in the Department of America within The Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography in St Petersburg, Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Lydia Black\u003c\/strong\u003e was a renowned historian and anthropologist of Russian America, who taught for many years at the University of Alaska. Her other works include \u003cem\u003eRussian in Alaska, 1732 – 1867\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Journals of Iakov Netsvetov: The Yukon Years, 1845 -1863.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holy Trinity Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51913448718617,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/9100\/0089\/files\/Herman.jpg?v=1769480902","url":"https:\/\/www.convent-stmarym.org\/products\/herman-a-wilderness-saint","provider":"Convent of St. Mary Magdalene","version":"1.0","type":"link"}