St. John Benevolent Fund Annual Virtual Fundraiser
Saturday, October 19, 2024
11:00am - 12:00pm (PDT)
Keynote Speaker: His Grace Bishop Irinei of London and Western Europe (ROCOR)
Guests: Mother Maria from Bethany and Mother Seraphima from Ukraine
To REGISTER for ZOOM event or to make a donation, click stjohnbenevolentfund.org
September/October 2024 Newsletter Posted
Click on Newsletter Tab
In Addition:
* Learn about fellow parishioners by checking "Index to Biographies".
* Refresh your memory by checking "Index to Theological Questions".
* Find past issues of the Newsletter by checking "Newsletter Archives".
Slideshow is images from current Newsletter issue.
Upcoming Services (see Schedule of Services Tab for details)
- Priest Dimitri Jakimowicz of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Stratford, Connecticut, emails weekly church service texts in both Russian and English. Contact him at frdimitrij@gmail.com to request being added to his distribution list.
New Parishioners in 2024
At our Parish Council meetings, new membership (parishioner) applications were considered and approved.
We offer our heartfelt congratulations to our new parishioners!
Victor and Anna Fei
Alexei Fomitchev
Natasha Lemos
Alexis and Natalie Zarechnak
New 2024 Stewards
Thank you for supporting the Beautification of our Church!
Samuel and Svetlana Chetcuti
Margarita Meshcherskaya-Stone
Helen Wiant
30th Anniversary Year of the Canonization of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco!
Please Support and Donate to the St. John Benevolent Fund
The Fund currently supports the following Causes:
* Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine - Shelters for elderly and disabled
* Bethany School for Girls in Palestine
* Education for Orphans and Destitute Children in Africa
To donate, click here
To see an hour and 24 minute video of Life of St. John (in Russian only), click here
Did You Know .............?
* You can listen and watch all of the professionaly filmed Burlingame Church Choir Concerts from 2008 through 2022 by clicking on the Choir Tab, and then clicking on "Video Materials", and then "Choir Concerts".
* You can interactively explore all of our Burlingame Church inside and outside by scrolling down and choosing the 360 image in the left column. Use your mouse to move left and right, up and down, and click on the circles to explore. Neat?
* To see Upcoming Events in our Burlingame Parish, please click on the Sisterhood Tab, then click on "Sisterhood Schedule/Upcoming Events".
* Find answers to many of your theological questions by clicking on Newsletter Tab, and then clicking on "Index to Theological Questions".
* You can find the Burlingame Church By-Laws by clicking on the About Us Tab, and then click on "Parish By-Laws".
An Urgent Appeal for Aid to the ROCOR Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem.
Срочное обращение о помощи Духовной Миссии РПЦЗ в Иерусалиме.
With Archpriest Stefan's blessing, please consider supporting the monasteries at this time of military conflict.
Пожалуйста, рассмотрите возможность поддержки монастырей в это время военного конфликта.
Click here for details.
Useful ROCOR Websites for Current News:
Holy Virgin Cathedral in San Francisco: http://sfsobor.com/
Western American Diocese (WAD): https://wadiocese.org/
Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia: https://www.synod.com/synod/indexeng.htm
Father Stefan's 50th Anniversary of his Ordination - October 1, 2023
His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, celebrated the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy. Concelebrating with the Metropolitan were His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America, His Grace Bishop Theodosius of Seattle and His Grace Bishop James of Sonora, Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky), Chief of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Archpriests Stefan Pavlenko, Andrei Sommer, Alexei Kotar, Peter Perekrestov, and Hieromonk Peter Karakozoff.
At the end of the service, Metropolitan Nicholas, addressing the parish with a primatial sermon, congratulated Father Stefan on the 50th anniversary of his pastoral ministry, handing him a Synodal decree awarding him the right to serve Divine Liturgy with the Royal Doors open until the exclamation "Holy to the Holies" and a blessed letter, whose content you can read here.
Along with Father Stefan, Matushka Tatiana also celebrated 50 years since becoming a Matushka and both were awarded a Synodal Gramota.
Many Years to Father Stefan and Matushka Tatiana !!!
View Archimandrite Nektariy's talk about the Mexico Monastery by clicking here
(From our Livestream on Sunday, July 2, 2023 at the 2:00:45 time mark.)
Please support the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Monastery in Mexico City
Send a donation check to:
The Fund for Assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR)
P.O. Box 272
Glen Cove, NY, 11542
Include a note that the donation is for the Holy Trinity Monastery in Mexico City
Message from Archpriest Stefan Pavlenko, Rector
Bring your children to church, learn the services for yourself, listen and pray along with the prayers ---- CARE TO GROW IN YOUR ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH! English language translations of all services are available---take advantage of the hard work put in by others for your salvation.
We are overcome with grief over the tragic events in Ukraine, for many of us the land of our forefathers, and for some the land where our relatives live today. We pray to the All-Merciful Lord, and His Most-Holy Mother for speedy secession of all hostilities, and for long-lasting peace.
Genuine Repentance & Confession heals and makes the immortal soul holy.
This is the correct way to prepare for Holy Communion.
Click here for "A Guide to Confession"
Евангелие дня 2022 с толкованием. Чтимые святые
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(Daily Gospel reading with Commentary - Sorry, only in Russian)
Ordination of
Father Deacon Alexei Baranoff
Annunciation Feast Day
April 7, 2022
ARCHPRIEST SERGE KOTAR
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ANDREI ROUDENKO
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