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.
He graduated from the Philology Department at the University of Elista, then worked as a school teacher.
He served in the parishes of the Bryansk Oblast and in Kiev Pechersk Lavra.
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 does not recognize copyright and allows free reuse of his work.