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The Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Platina, California.It is part of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Western America. [1] The monastery was founded by Seraphim Rose [2] [3] and Herman Podmoshensky back in 1968 with the blessing of Bishop John Maximovitch of the Diocese of San Francisco and Western America of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of ...
Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery, an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Platina. [22] St. Andrew's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located in Valyermo. [23] St. Michael's Abbey, a Roman Catholic monastery located in Silverado. [24] St. Xenia Serbian Orthodox Skete, an Eastern Orthodox monastery located in Wildwood. [25]
Biographers disagree about Herman's early life. His official biography, which Valaam Monastery published in 1867, said that his pre-monastic name was unknown, but that Herman was born into a merchant's family in Serpukhov, a city in Moscow Governorate.
Seraphim Rose (born Eugene Dennis Rose; August 13, 1934 – September 2, 1982), also known as Seraphim of Platina, was an American priest and hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia who co-founded the Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina, California.
Administrator: Rev. Hieromonk Andrew. Associated with St. Herman of Alaska Monastery. [15] St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Monastery, located at the Episcopal headquarters of Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America in Libertyville, Illinois.
Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery. Saint Herman of Alaska Monastery, a monastic community of the Serbian Orthodox Church, is located just outside of Platina, to the south.It was founded in 1968 by Fr. Herman Podmoshensky and Fr. Seraphim Rose, with the blessing of St. John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco.
In January 1975, Makarios visited Mount Athos, where he decided to become a monk.He later visited the St. Herman of Alaska Monastery, Platina, California, where he met Seraphim (Rose) and Herman (Podmoshensky) and was immersed in the monastic life.
Archbishop Herman was enthroned on 8 September 2002, at a ceremony in St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, D.C. [citation needed] After numerous complaints of financial improprieties were lodged with the Holy Synod of the OCA, a Special Investigating Committee was established in October 2007 under the chairmanship of Bishop Benjamin of the West.