Cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” (San Francisco)

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37.781007; -122.466146

United States of America, California, San Francisco County, San Francisco, Geary Boulevard

San Francisco, California

USA

Telephone.:

(415) 221-3255

Cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”

- the largest church of the Russian diaspora and the spiritual center of Russian Orthodoxy on the west coast of America, the cathedral of the San Francisco and Western American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.

History[[edit]h2>

The parish was founded on June 2, 1927.

The cathedral was founded on June 25, 1961, its construction was completed in 1964 under the leadership of Archbishop John (Maximovich) of San Francisco, who headed the diocese at that time. The new temple replaced the old cathedral on Fulton Street, which by the 1960s. no longer able to accommodate all parishioners.

The first service was held on March 14, 1965 on the Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy.

The icon painter Archimandrite Cyprian (Pyzhov) took part in the painting of the cathedral.

The great consecration took place on January 31, 1977.

In recent years, many significant events of the Church have taken place in this church, including the glorification of St. Herman of Alaska and St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, as well as the IV All-Diaspora Council of the ROCOR in 2006.

Excerpt characterizing the Joy of Sorrow Cathedral (San Francisco)

- Well... (Anatole looked at his watch) let’s go now. Look, Balaga. A? Will you be in time? - Yes, how about departure - will he be happy, otherwise why not be in time? - Balaga said. “They delivered it to Tver and arrived at seven o’clock.” You probably remember, Your Excellency. “You know, I once went from Tver for Christmas,” said Anatole with a smile of memory, turning to Makarin, who looked at Kuragin with all his eyes. – Do you believe, Makarka, that it was breathtaking how we flew. We drove into the convoy and jumped over two carts. A? - There were horses! - Balaga continued the story. “Then I locked the young ones attached to the Kaurom,” he turned to Dolokhov, “so would you believe it, Fyodor Ivanovich, the animals flew 60 miles; I couldn’t hold it, my hands were numb, it was freezing. He threw down the reins, holding it, Your Excellency, himself, and fell into the sleigh. So it’s not like you can’t just drive it, you can’t keep it there. At three o'clock the devils reported. Only the left one died. Anatole left the room and a few minutes later returned in a fur coat belted with a silver belt and a sable hat, smartly placed on his side and suiting his handsome face very well. Looking in the mirror and in the same position that he took in front of the mirror, standing in front of Dolokhov, he took a glass of wine. “Well, Fedya, goodbye, thank you for everything, goodbye,” said Anatole. “Well, comrades, friends... he thought about... - my youth... goodbye,” he turned to Makarin and the others. Despite the fact that they were all traveling with him, Anatole apparently wanted to make something touching and solemn out of this address to his comrades. He spoke in a slow, loud voice and with his chest out, he swayed with one leg. - Everyone take glasses; and you, Balaga. Well, comrades, friends of my youth, we had a blast, we lived, we had a blast. A? Now, when will we meet? I'll go abroad. Long lived, goodbye guys. For health! Hurray!.. - he said, drank his glass and slammed it on the ground.

“You Russians are very strange”: how St. John of Shanghai was glorified in San Francisco

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes.

25 years ago, the glorification of St. John of Shanghai (Maximovich) took place in San Francisco. The Bishop was loved and revered in different countries during his lifetime, and such a number of pilgrims gathered for his canonization that the city authorities agreed and allowed the streets to be blocked so that the religious procession with the relics could pass around the block. We asked Archpriest Oleg Oreshkin, a participant in the glorification of Bishop John, to tell us how this happened.

“What’s going on here?” asked a surprised American woman as we walked through the streets of San Francisco and carried the coffin with the relics of the saint. I began to explain to her in detail: “Thirty years ago our bishop died...”. But she interrupted me with complete bewilderment: “And you are still burying him?!” Then, without letting me get a word in, she added: “After all, you Russians are very strange people.” And disappeared into the crowd. This happened the day before the glorification, July 1st.

I arrived in San Francisco on the afternoon of June 28th and first of all went to the tomb. There, prayer services were continuously served at the relics of Bishop John. As soon as the service ended, the tomb was immediately filled with other pilgrims who had arrived, and a memorial service was served again. It is interesting to note: when a memorial service is served in a parish, the relatives of the deceased are sad, and the overall impression of this service is sad. But there, in the tomb, the pilgrims were overcome by a quiet, reverent joy. They came in groups and individually from all continents: Australia, South and North America, Europe, Asia. There were also pilgrims from Russia.

On Friday, the first of July, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the transfer of the Saint in a procession from the tomb to the cathedral began. The religious procession was not carried out around the temple, but around the block within which the temple was located. At the same time, traffic on the streets was closed, police were on duty in cars and on foot. In the USA, traffic on the street is closed very rarely and only in exceptional cases. Taking into account that a lot of people came to the celebrations, the authorities made a concession and allowed the streets to be closed and a procession of the cross to be allowed through the block. In addition, many more people came than expected. A huge monitor was installed on the street, which showed everything that was happening inside the cathedral.

Procession with the relics of St. John. San Francisco, 1994

The religious procession began. It looked as if a dam had broken and a huge stream of people was pouring down the street. The clergy carried the reliquary with the relics. They replaced each other from time to time. I also had the opportunity to take part in the transfer of the shrine with the relics. When they replaced me, I moved closer to the sidewalk and so had the opportunity to look around. The religious procession attracted the attention of local residents: they stood at the windows in their houses, on the street and watched with interest. It was clear that the procession awakened a religious feeling in many, and they performed the sign of the cross according to Catholic custom.

(This documentary begins with footage from the 1994 celebrations in San Francisco. - Editorial)

After the transfer of the relics, the service began. For the last time we served a memorial service and sang eternal memory to Vladika John. At Matins, at the end of the polyeleos, the most solemn moment came, when one hundred singers of the cathedral, sixty singers of the Cyril and Methodius Choir and the entire host of pilgrims sang the magnification for the first time - a short chant glorifying the saint. It felt as if the soul was leaving the body and hovering under the arches of the cathedral, merging with the sounds of singing.

Glorification of St. John of Shanghai. San Francisco, 1994

The celebrations have come to an end. On the last day of my stay, I was lucky enough to visit Bishop John’s office. The office was small, there were few things, only the most necessary things. The table, chair, etc. were like they belonged to him. I sat down on a chair. To my surprise, it turned out to be very uncomfortable: low, because of this I sat, straining, and when I leaned back in the chair, I rolled onto the floor. But he sat on it and slept and worked. And how can one not remember the Russian proverb: “Don’t sit in your own sleigh.”

Vladika John in his office in San Francisco

The time has come to get ready for the return journey. Full of warm, joyful impressions, I arrived at the airport, went up to the check-in counter, and gave the girl my ticket. She checked the ticket, then looked at me and said: “Your plane has already taken off.” I started to somehow object. But she showed me the ticket and proved that I was late. It was a shock for me. I was not able to buy another ticket. I turned to Saint John: “Vladyka, I am resorting to you as my last hope. Just as you took your flock away from the island of Tubobao, so take me home from here.” The girl turned to the young man who was standing next to her, they talked briefly about something. Then the girl made notes, tapped her fingers on the keyboard and said: “I have registered you for a plane that takes off in an hour. Landing will be announced soon. Please take your boarding pass."

Russian Orthodox Church

Diocese of the Russian Church Abroad

Story

While between 1872 and 1905 San Francisco was the cathedral city of the Aleutian diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, the first Russian bishop with the title “San Francisco” was probably Apollinaris (Koshevoy) in 1926. In 1927, during the severance of ties between the Russian “American Metropolis” and the Synod of Bishops Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, he turned out to be the only Russian bishop in America who refused to break ties with the latter, and was appointed administrator of the newly created North American Diocese of the Church Abroad, bearing for some time the title of “North American and San Francisco”, but from December 1927 having permanent residence in New York.

Between 1935 and 1946 The “American Metropolis” was in unity with the Church Abroad and the bishop of San Francisco was Metropolitan Theophilus (Pashkovsky), but after a breakdown in relations in November 1946, Tikhon (Troitsky) was appointed to the San Francisco See under the jurisdiction of the Church Abroad. Subsequently, Saint John (Maximovich), who spent his last years as the local archbishop, shone in this department of the ROCOR. The construction of the majestic cathedral of the diocese in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” is associated with his name.

Now the diocese includes parishes and monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in the American states of Idaho, Alaska, Arizona, Washington, Hawaii, Northern and Southern California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, as well as in Mexico.

The Cathedral City is San Francisco. Cathedrals - in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “The Joy of All Who Scrape” (San Francisco), Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Los Angeles).

Archpastors

• Apollinary (Koshevoy) (1926 - (February 1) September 5, 1927) [[Dismissed from the department by Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvensky) on February 1, which was not recognized by the ROCOR Synod of Bishops. After September 5, 1927 - bishop. North American and San Francisco, residence in New York since December]/li>
• Theophilus (Pashkovsky) (1935 - November 1946);
• Tikhon (Troitsky) (? 1946 - March 30, 1963);
• St. John (Maksimovich) (1963 - July 2, 1966);
• Nektary (Kontsevich) (1966-1968) first-class;
• Antony (Medvedev) (1968 - January 1 (September 23), 2000) [[On leave for treatment since January 1, died on September 23]/li>
• Kirill (Dmitriev) (from October 17, 2001; from January 1, 2000 - supreme, bishop of Seattle).

Diocesan departments

• Internal Relations Department
• School department
• Youth department
• Liturgical and statutory department
• Church singing department
• Missionary department
• Financial department

Deanery

• 1st District - San Francisco, Burlingame, Guerneyville, Calistoga, Castro Valley, Monterey, Palo Alto, Placerville, Pleasant Hill, Reno, Sacramento, Sunnyvale, Santa Rosa
• Second Deanery District - Anchorage, Boise, Vashon Island, Willits, Denver, Corvallis, Mulino, Rogue River, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Walla Walla
• Third Deanery District - Honolulu, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Oxnard, Santa Barbara, Santa Fe, San Diego, Tucson, Phoenix

Church schools

• St. John's Orthodox Academy: 6210 Geary Boulevard San Francisco, CA 94121, (415) 221-3484, fax (415) 386-4368;
• Saints Cyril & Methodius High School: 6200 Geary Boulevard San Francisco, CA 94121, (415) 752-5122;
• Lyceum in Honor of St. Basil the Great (St. Basil Academy of Classical Studies): 601 Newell Walla Walla, WA 99362, Lyceum Director: Matthew Barnett, (509) 525-9380.

Organizations

• Monastic brotherhood named after. St. Ignatius of the Caucasus (Brianchaninov): 109 6th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118, (415) 387-8757, chairman - Archbishop Kirill, confessor - Bishop Theodosius (Ivashchenko);
• Diocesan Charitable Fund for Assistance to Russia Protection of the Most Holy Virgin Diocesan Fund: 598 15th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118, (415) 387-8757, fax (415) 387-5955;
• The Benevolent Memorial Fund of St. Archbishop John: c/o G. Bordokoff, 1627 44th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122, (415) 664-0777;
• Hospital for the elderly and home church of St. St. John of Kronstadt Nursing Home: 4432 James Avenue Castro Valley, CA 94546, (510) 889-7000, fax (510) 889-7622;
• St. Nursing Home St. John of Kronstadt Memorial Home: 655 N. Serrano Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90004, (213) 466-6467, (310) 454-0873