Saint of the Day

December 13

Herman of Alaska

Feast Day: December 13

Patron of: Alaska, Russian missionaries, indigenous peoples

Russian Orthodox monk who championed Alaska's indigenous peoples for four decades.

Feast Day: December 13

Patron of: the blind, eye disease, enlightenment, the blind-sighted, Syracuse, vision, the poor

Early Christian martyr whose courageous faith and charity remain models of spiritual dedication.