Hieromonk Roman

Hieromonk Roman (Russian: Иеромонах Роман, secular name Alexander Ivanovich Matyushin, Russian: Александр Иванович Матюшин; born November 16, 1954, village Ryabchovsk, Trubchevsky District, Bryansk Oblast) is a Russian poet, singer-songwriter and hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church.^[1][2]

Alexander was born into a family of rural teachers. He graduated from the Philology Department at the , then worked as a school teacher. In 1983 he was tonsured monk in the Pskov-Caves Monastery. In 1985, he was ordained. He served in the parishes of the Bryansk Oblast and in Kiev Pechersk Lavra.

Alexander began writing poetry in his youth. He published 19 books of poetry. He joined the Writers Union of Russia. Songs with Roman's lyrics are performed by Jeanne Bichevskaya, Oleg Pogudin, Sergei Bezrukov, Elena Vaenga, and others.^[3] According to Bezrukov, Roman does not recognize copyright and allows free reuse of his work.^[4]

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• Hieromonk Roman - Songs of Russian Renaissance (audio records)
• Fog, fog, fog has enveloped me on YouTube, Poem and song by Hieromonk Roman (Matushin), performed by author.
• Songs by Zhanna Bichevskaya on poems by Hieromonk Roman, Songs of Hieromonk Roman and To Your Name, Lord
• Poetry by Hieromonk Roman
• Interview with Hieromonk Roman, 2004
• There is my Serbia, travel notes by Hieromonk Roman
• Songs and poetry by Hieromonk Roman, by I.B. Nichiporov
• The nation is a crowd without God by Alexander Kalinin