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'''Monk Herman''' (secular name '''Gleb Dmitriyevich Podmoshensky'''; [[March 27 march ]], 1934, Riga, Latvia) is monk of the - [[Serbian Orthodox ChurchJune 30]] , 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was the co-founder of the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, and founding [[abbot]] of [[Monastery of St. Herman of Alaska (Platina, California)|St. Herman of Alaska Monastery]].
He is was an author and coauthor of several books about [[John (Maximovitch) the Wonderworker|St John Maximovitch]]. After many years serving as abbot of the monastery, he was suspended in 1984 pending investigation into accusations of serious moral offences and [[Laicization|defrocked]] in 1988 by the [[ROCOR]] [[Holy Synod|Synod of Bishops]] for disobedience, which returned him the status of [[monk]]. Fr. Herman had suffered for at least a decade before his death from Parkinson’s disease and diabetes, and had noticeably weakened within the past several years of his life.
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== Links ==
* [http://www.ortho-rus.ru/cgi-bin/ps_file.cgi?3_8684 Герман (Подмошенский)] at site «Русское православие»
* [http://www.pravoslavie.ru/english/71886.htm Fr. Herman (Podmoshensky) dies]
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