Deacon’s music a bell-towering achievement in Sitka

Deacon Herman Madsen plays the bells atop St. Michael’s Cathedral. (Katherine Rose, KCAW)
The bells at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Sitka are ringing again after a temporary hiatus, thanks to a new deacon with musical abilities and no fear of heights.
The bells of the Russian Orthodox church haven’t been played for a while.
That is, until Deacon Herman Madsen showed up.
“I always use the example of the medical field,” Madsen said. “The priest is like a