Real name: Геннадий Рябцев

Effective period / Period of releases: 2001

Hierodeacon German (Ryabtsev).
The famous Soviet rock musician Gennady Ryabtsev / Геннадий Рябцев, who worked with Vladimir Kuzmin / Владимир Кузьмин and Yuri Antonov / Юрий Антонов, left worldly life 30 years ago and took monastic vows five years later with the name Herman.
Father Herman was the first director of the choir of the Brotherhood of the Valaam Monastery / Хор Братии Валаамского Монастыря.