Roman Matyushin
Roman Matyushin (Russian: Роман Матюшин, secular name Alexander Ivanovich Matyushin,[a] Russian: Александр Иванович Матюшин, also known as hieromonk Roman (Russian: иеромонах Роман; 16 November 1954 – 19 May 2026) was a Russian poet, singer-songwriter and hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church.[1][2]
Life and career
Roman was born in Ryabchovsk village, Trubchevsky District, Bryansk Oblast, into a family of rural teachers. He graduated from the Philology Department at the Kalmyk State University, 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.
He 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, Maxim Troshin and others.[3] According to Bezrukov, Roman did not recognize copyright and allowed free reuse of his work.[4]
Notes
- ↑ In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Matyushin.
References
- ↑ Seclusion of Hieromonk Roman by Alexander Korolkov
- ↑ Biography of Hieromonk Roman by Natalia Segen
- ↑ Video on YouTube, song by actors Elena and Alexander Mikhailov
- ↑ "Sergei Bezrukov created an album with songs on poems by Hieromonk Roman". Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ↑ 19 мая скончался иеромонах Роман (Матюшин) (in Russian)
External links
- 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
- Roman Matyushin discography at Discogs
- 1954 births
- 2026 deaths
- Poet priests
- 20th-century Russian male poets
- Christian poets
- Russian monks
- Russian male singer-songwriters
- 20th-century Russian poets
- 21st-century Russian poets
- 20th-century Russian singer-songwriters
- 21st-century Russian singer-songwriters
- 20th-century Russian male singers
- 21st-century Russian male singers
- People from Trubchevsky District
- Kalmyk State University alumni
- 21st-century Russian male poets