On Spruce Island: A Saint in the Wilderness
“For our own good, our own happiness, let us at least give ourselves a promise that from this day, from this hour, from this minute, we will now try to love God most of all and to fulfill His holy will!” – St Herman of Alaska
Today’s reading about St Herman’s time on Spruce Island is taken from:
Herman, A Wilderness Saint: From Sarov, Russia to Kodiak, Alaska
by Sergei Korsun with Lydia Black; Translated by Priest Daniel Marshall
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Music: Sessional Hymn after the third ode at Matins for Holy Saturday. Automelon: Thy tomb, O Saviour
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