Entire families moved to the island in order to be closer to the Elder, who helped to sort out their disputes.Korsun pp. 124–126. Herman had a deep love for the native Aleuts: he stood up for them against the excesses of the Russian-American Company, and once during an epidemic, he was the only Russian to visit them, working tirelessly to care for the sick and console the dying.Little Russian Philokalia, p. 28. Herman spent the rest of his life on Spruce Island, where he died on November 15, 1837.Although his official hagiography states that he died on December 13, 1837, this was a mistake. The correct date is based on the dispatch by the company manager Kupreyanov to the bishop of Irkutsk. See Korsun, p. 146.
entire families moved to the island in order to be closer to the elder who helped to sort out their disputeskorsun pp 124–126 herman had a deep love for the native aleuts he stood up for them against the excesses of the russian-american company and once during an epidemic he was the only russian to visit them working tirelessly to care for the sick and console the dyinglittle russian philokalia p 28 herman spent the rest of his life on spruce island where he died on november 15 1837although his official hagiography states that he died on december 13 1837 this was a mistake the correct date is based on the dispatch by the company manager kupreyanov to the bishop of irkutsk see korsun p 146