Herman

Other days it is celebrated

Saints named Herman

• Venerable Herman of AlaskaJuly 27Russian monk and missionary to Alaska, the first canonized saint of North America, who died in 1837.
• Saint Herman of KazanNovember 6Archbishop of Kazan from 1564 to 1567, a candidate for the metropolitan see of Moscow; died in Moscow in 1567.
• Venerable Herman of SolovkiJuly 30Russian hermit, one of the founders of Solovetsky Monastery, where he lived about fifty years; died in 1479.
• Venerable Herman of ValaamSeptember 11Monk who with Saint Sergius founded the Transfiguration Monastery on Valaam Island in Lake Ladoga.
• Venerable Herman of SviatohirskAugust 24Archimandrite and abbot at Sviatohirsk, born at Nizhyn in 1816 and died in 1890; a local saint since 2008.
• Hieromartyr Herman KokelOctober 20Bishop of Blagoveshchensk, born in 1883 into a large family, who died in the Bamlag camp in 1937; glorified in 2001.
• Hieromartyr Herman KosolapovSeptember 27Bishop of Volsk and vicar of Saratov, killed in October 1919 and canonized in 2006.
• HPVenerable Martyr Herman of PechengaDecember 2Monk of the Holy Trinity Monastery at Pechenga, martyred on 2 December 1589.
• HBVenerable Herman of BelozerskA venerable father of the Belozersk region, commemorated in the Russian calendar.
• HWVenerable Herman the WondrousA venerable father of the Beloozero region, called the Wondrous.
• HKVenerable Herman of KozheozeroA venerable father of the Kozheozero lake region, commemorated in the Russian calendar.
• HPVenerable Martyr Herman PolyanskyOctober 22A monastic martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.

Questions

I.When is the name day of Herman?

The name day of Herman is July 27, the feast of Venerable Herman of Alaska. It is also kept on November 6, July 30, September 11, August 24, October 20, September 27, December 2, October 22.

II.Which saints bore the name Herman?

The Sinaxarion archive holds 12 saints named Herman, with their lives and icons.

III.Is Herman a good baptismal name?

Yes. Herman is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Venerable Herman of Alaska as patron.