On Saturday, August 29/September 10, His Grace, +Bishop ALEXEI served the sacred service of the pannikhida for the departed at Saint Innocent Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska for His Beatitude, +Metropolitan HERMAN who fell asleep in the Lord on August 24/September 6, 2022. After the pannikhída, His Grace spoke on his time as a monastic at Saint Tikhon’s under the paternal spiritual care of then +Bishop HERMAN. His Grace recalled fond memories of their shared time together and the formation he gave as young monastic. On Friday, September 16th, His Grace will join several hierarchs of the Orthodox Church in America in a concelebration for Metropolitan HERMAN”s funeral served by His Beatitude, +Metropolitan TIKHON. Vladyka ALEXEI asks that the God-protected Diocese of Sitka and Alaska keep His Beatitude in their prayers, especially for the forty days since his falling asleep.