ROCOR/MP San Francisco : celebration of glorification of St. John Maximovitch

  ROCOR/MP's San Francisco, California : celebration of glorification of St. John Maximovitch, where his captive relics reside, in the church he built, when it was ROCOR-NOT! under Stalin's-1943 creation, his-STILL KREMLIN-DEPENDENT, "Moscow Patriarchy"  

  Time:  Wed, 12 Jul 2023

In the cathedral church dedicated to: “Our Lady, The Joy Of All Who Sorrow”

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Holy Virgin Cathedral Parish Newsletter; Sent to parish members and donors; Questions, comments or to unsubscribe: SFStarosta@outlook.com 4 July 2023

The Nave of the Cathedral is filling up with faithful- pilgrim-visitors- parishioners- visitors. The church eventually filled completely.    Veneration continued all weekend long   Our bells sang out loud due to the amazing job of bell ringer Dimitri Tchertkoff    St. John's Holy Oil St. John's Holy Oil is available online via a donation. In addition, it is also available at the HVC Candle Desk.   HVC Bookstore Check out the wide assortment and specials in our online HVC Bookstore.    Our Sisterhood was divided into several teams with split schedules to master the task of serving 500 meals.        We thank Black Bear Security for protecting the Cathedral's perimeter during the festivities, However, AFTER the security was called off, late Sunday, there was a car-“smash & grab” just outside the church.  This is a Monday 6am photo!! DUE TO SAN FRANCISCO’S GENERAL SEVERE BREAK-DOWN IN  BASIC LAW & ORDER: We attended a Police Town Hall meeting to hear the Commander declare that “smash & grabs” are the fault of the car owners (!), for leaving merchandise visible in their parked cars.    Starosta Blog-St John Celebration. Completely “full house’’ a first in this post- pandemic era. Fr. George Kaplanov announced, “offering Holy Communion from four chalices: - find the nearest one”  After the Liturgy, the entire congregation circled the Cathedral in a procession that was endless. Our HVC-Holy Virgin Cathedral  Choir was at its best-Thank You Vova!  We sent 700 prosfory to the Altar-Thank You Prosfornitsi! Post liturgy, Sisterhood offered a bountiful Lenten meal to all, amazing job-Thank You ladies!!! His Grace Theodosy, ROCOR/MP Bishop of Seattle, congratulated and thanked the clergy, Parish Warden, Sisterhood, Choir, and all present for this wondrous event. His Grace James, ROCOR/MP Bishop of Sonora, told us of a "previously unknown healing miracle" attributed to prayers of St John. September 30 will be the celebration of thirty years since the discovery of St John’s incorrupt relics. The event will be with +Metropolitan Nicholas, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad (i.e.ROCOR/MP) officiating. We thank Pavel & Julia Paramonov for conducting our livestream presentation. In case you don’t know, our livestream may be viewed the next day or even the next month! And we also thank the 2,400 who opened last weeks newsletter.  Lost and Found Silver wedding band, please write to below email with description  SFStarosta@outlook.com.

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