Talk:Herman of Alaska

message: The first line says he died on Kodiak, but the infobox says Spruce and the body text appears to imply the same thing. Which is it? Lockesdonkey 16:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: For heaven's sake, it was easy enough to check and fix... TCC (talk) (contribs) 22:14, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

text: He died and was buried on Spruce island. Later on, his relics were removed to Kodiak, in Holy Resurrection Cathedral there, and that is where many come to venerate him today. It is much more accessible than his monastic retreat on Spruce Island, where the bay on which it is located is subject to fierce tides and waves and is often impassable even today. Evensteven (talk) 03:35, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spruce Island or Kodiak? 

message: I think the correct name would be "German", as "Herman" is German name while "German" is Roman name. I see it unlikely he had German name. Also his name is written "German" ("Герман") in Russian.--Dojarca (talk) 18:01, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but /Г/ is often transliterated to /H/ in English, and "Herman of Alaska" is how he is generally known in English; "German" is not a very common personal name in English, or a liturgical one either.Skookum1 (talk) 02:49, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

text: IMHO there is no doubt it's right to keep original 'Herman' spelling as it has already been included in holy memories of St. John Maximovitch, Fr. Seraphim and others. 'Herman' is more acceptable even for a Russian eye than somewhat ambiguous 'German'. B7elijah (talk) 20:51, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: "Герман" (German) is the name he took when he was tonsured in Finland, written in Russian characters because he was of Russian background and affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church. The name is essentially a translation into Russian from the Greek name, Γερμάνος (Yermanos). In Russian, the letter Γ is always pronounced with a sound like a hard G in English, such as in "goat". But Greek phonetics indicate that sound only in certain letter combinations. Its Γ is also softened in sound when an ε (epsilon, or e) follows it, just as in English we use the soft G in "gentle" or "general". It likewise softens in all the Latin languages of Europe, but in Italian and French, it comes out similar to the soft English G. However, in Spanish and Portuguese, the sound softens to what English phonetics would write as an "H": "hair-mahn". So, the name certainly moved around among the nations, and the G spelling remains connected to its Greek Γ origins, but its pronunciation changes as it moves from language to language. I suspect that it came into English through Spain or Portugal, and hence retained their "H" pronunciation, and hence underwent the spelling transition to "Herman" also. It is unrelated to Deutschland (Germany) or its language. Evensteven (talk) 23:37, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Herman? 

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message: what does "Creole" mean in Alaska? Is it the equivalent of "Metis"? 142.163.194.58 (talk) 14:34, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Creole"