Church News

Walking through life with a smile on our face and a song in our heart is the best way to keep our mind and heart in a good place. Life has many turns and trials, but when we keep centered on all the good that is in our life, the trials are short lived. Smiles […]

At its meeting in San Francisco during the celebration of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia gave their blessing for the full consecration of our church. They have set the date for Saturday, July 11, 2020, for this long-awaited event. Glory be to God! […]

The Ascension of Our Resurrected Lord is a sanctification of our humanity, as Christ returns our human form, which we had defiled through our sinfulness, back to its Divine perfection, as He ascends into Heaven and “sits at the right hand of God” (Mark 16:19). The celebration of the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon […]

  On the evening of May 3, our church hosted a gala evening to raise funds for our iconostasis, which is soon to be installed (the shipment is on its way from Crete, and will be arriving in San Francisco before long). Although our volunteers were a bit nervous about undertaking such an ambitious and […]

The annual General Parish Meeting convened on Sunday, March 3. Many projects were completed in 2018 and much is planned for this year. George Sokoloff chaired the meeting, and Lana Logvy acted as secretary. After acceptance of the 2018 minutes, discussion of the 2019 operating budgets and capital projects ensued. A report of the Auditing […]

By the time this issue of our newsletter comes out, the final week of Great Lent will be upon us. At the beginning of that final week, we celebrate, with great joy, the Entrance of Our Lord into Jerusalem – while at the same time realizing the reason for which he came to Jerusalem. This […]

At this time last year, our Parish Council—with the intent of properly preparing our church building for full consecration—took a “leap of faith” and committed to a contract with CJK Sacred Space to design and build a new iconostasis as the centerpiece of a complete “refurbishing” of our church building. At the annual General Parish […]

Tens of thousands pro-lifers filled San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza for the 15th Annual Walk for Life West Coast. It is the second largest gathering of its kind in the U.S., after the March for Life in Washington, DC, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people each year in January, near the anniversary of the […]

This year, the General Unction Service will be presided over by Bishop Irenei of Richmond and Western Europe at Sts. Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Santa Rosa, on Monday, April 15, beginning at 5:00 p.m. (Note new date as of 3/17/19)  Please make sure you are up to date and have had a recent […]

Thank you to all who participated in the special lunches for the feasts of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple (December 4), the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ (Christmas, January 7), and Theophany (January 19). The festal lunches were delicious and enjoyed by all. Also, thank you to […]