The celebration of the holy memory of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco the Wonderworker falls on Saturday, July 5th, 2025.
Schedule:
Thursday, July 3rd at 7:00 PM -- Translation of the honorable relics and Akathist Hymn to Saint John
Friday, July 4th at 6:00 PM -- The Greeting of His Eminence Kyrill Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America, and All-night Vigil
Saturday, July 5th at 9:00 AM -- The Greeting of the Bishop and Divine Liturgy. A festal meal provided by the local Sisterhood will follow.
Address:
Holy Virgin Cathedral
6210 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94121
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St. Herman’s West 2025 will be held this year at St. George Russian Orthodox Church in West Jordan, UT. This year, the conference will be held in the summer to avoid some of the weather and scheduling issues that sometimes happen in December. So this year you’ll need sunscreen. Registration is $250 before July 15. Space is limited!
The conference is for youth of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, ages 15-21. Priority is given to youth from the Western American Diocese.
Arrival airport is Salt Lake City International Airport. The conference starts at 5:00 pm on August 7 (earliest airport pickups that day will be at 1 pm) with departure in the morning on August 11.
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The 35th session of the Synodal School of Liturgical Music is scheduled for July 13 to 26 at Holy Dormition Convent “Novo-Diveevo” in Nanuet, New York. The coming session promises an immersion in courses in Typicon, choir conducting, voice, Church Slavonic, church music history, liturgical performance practice, music theory, and sight-singing.
