Place your Orders for Kulich (Russian Easter Bread)

Baked by Church of All Russian Saints Sisterhood in Burlingame

Please place orders for Russian Easter Bread by March 15, 2026

Phone Matushka Tatiana Pavlenko at (650) 430-9806 or Luba Gauschieldt at (415) 706-1605

Принимаем Заказы на Куличи До 15го Марта, 2026

Звоните Матушке (650) 430-9806 или Любе (415) 706-1605

Price: $40 per kulich (colored egss not included).

URGENT! Appeal from Fr. Roman in Jerusalem

Russian Ecclesiastical Mission (REM) in Jerusalem

Message from Archpriest Stefan:

Father Roman is a beloved son of our All Russian Saints Parish and now carries an exceedingly demanding and dangerous responsibility as head of the ROCOR Holy Land Mission, especially under current circumstances. Let us each respond to his call for support as best we can - through monetary donations and sincere prayers. The Holy Land is sacred to every Orthodox Christian, and we should all aspire to make a pilgrimage to the land where our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Holy Theotokos, and the Apostles walked and called their homeland. In these war-torn times, pilgrimages are nearly impossible, but our donations can make a vital difference until more peaceful days return.

Отец Роман - любимый сын нашего прихода Всех Русских Святых, и теперь на нем лежит чрезвычайно ответственная и опасная обязанность главы миссии РПЦЗ на Святой Земле, особенно в нынешних обстоятельствах. Давайте каждый из нас откликнется на его призыв о поддержке, насколько это в наших силах - посредством посильных пожертвований и искренних молитв. Святая Земля священна для каждого православного христианина, и мы все должны стремиться совершить паломничество на землю, где ходили и жили Господь и Спаситель наш Иисус Христос, Пресвятая Богородица и апостолы. В эти времена войны паломничества практически невозможны, но наши пожертвования могут сыграть жизненно важную роль до наступления более мирных времен.

Please click here to read the appeal in English, and to Donate!

Please click here to read the appeal in Russian, and to Donate!

XV ANNUAL LENTEN RETREAT
SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2026

7:30am to 4:00pm
Holy Virgin Cathedral, San Francisco

Theme of the Retreat:

"Hieromonk SERAPHIM Rose: HIS LIFE, TEACHINGS & LEGACY"

The Retreat will be a special one. At the 2025 December session of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia it was resolved to establish a Commission to study the life, legacy, and veneration of the ever-memorable Hieromonk Seraphim (Rose) of Platina: ascetic, theologian, priest, missionary, translator, profound Orthodox thinker, apologist, spiritual writer, and one time chanter-reader at Holy Virgin cathedral. The veneration of Fr. Seraphim has grown worldwide: Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria has called him a key spiritual guide of the XX century, and Metropolitan Nikoloz of Akhalkalaki (Orthodox Church of Georgia) has locally canonized Fr. Seraphim in his diocese. Fr. Seraphim is well known and venerated on the Holy Mountain. The anniversary of Hieromonk Seraphim’s blessed repose gathers a great multitude of faithful at his gravesite at St. Herman’s Monastery in Platina.

The talks will be presented by Bishop James of Sonora, Chairman of the new Commission, and Archpriest Martin Person, Dean of the Western American Diocese San Francisco Deanery – two clergymen who personally knew Fr. Seraphim, and for whom he played a significant role in their conversion to Orthodoxy. Besides the talks there will be beautiful fellowship, a Q&A period, and wonderful lenten meals.

Click here for Schedule and Registration

Our Sisterhood

Parish Lunch Events

Sunday, March 15, 2026: Sisterhood Lunch - Pasta Buffet - Russian School Makes Zhavoronki

Sunday, April 5, 2026: Palm Sunday - Traditional Fish Cutlets - Kulich decorating for the children

Sunday, April 26, 2026: Russian School Lunch

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Burlingame Church Annual Parish Meeting

Message from Father Stefan: ALL ARE WELCOME. Our Annual Parish meeting, will take place on Sunday, March 29th, after the Divine Liturgy. All registered members of the parish in good standing (dues paid) are invited to participate with the right to vote; we also encourage faithful who attend our church services to attend and get an understanding of parish concerns and activities. Candidates to the Parish Council will be presented. God bless all our Parishioners and those who attend our Church Services.

Agenda

1) Prayer

2) Opening of Meeting

3) Approval of Agenda

4) Elections for Meeting:

a) Honorary Chairman

b) Secretary of the Meeting

c) Vote Tabulators

5) Elections for Parish Council:

a) Parish Council Members ( for two-year term)

6) Reports:

a) Rector, Archpriest Stefan Pavlenko

b) Church Warden, Andrei Fedoroff

c) Head of Sisterhood, Matushka Tatiana Pavlenko

d) Treasurer's Report, Father Deacon Alexei Baranoff

e) Church School Report, Natalia Lytneva

f) Choir Report, Irina Shachneva

g) Audit Committee

7) Current Business

8) Announcement of newly elected members:

a) Parish Council

b) Audit Committee

9) Prayer and Closing of Meeting.

Great Lent Starts Monday, February 23, 2026

Pascha is on Sunday, April 12, 2026

Message from Archpriest Stefan:

Entering the Great Lent season, we are called to make honest and sincere peace with all around us. Our Orthodox Church invites us to begin Lent by asking for and offering forgiveness unconditionally and wholeheartedly, from the depths of our being.

We remember the words of the Lord’s Prayer: “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors,” or “forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us,” along with Christ’s teaching: “As you forgive, so will the Lord forgive you.” And we heed the solemn reminder: “If we do not forgive, we will not be forgiven.”

So let us, dear brothers and sisters, begin Lent with a truly clean heart - sincerely asking for and freely giving one another mutual forgiveness in Christian love. It will be a good and holy start for each of us!

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.

45^th Anniversary Celebration as Rector

On Sunday, February 1, 2026, Archpriest Stefan Pavlenko and Matushka Tatiana celebrated the 45^th Anniversary of becoming Rector of the Church of All Russian Saints in Burlingame, California. “I may not have been an outstanding priest, but I was granted Outstanding Parishioners,” said Father Stefan as his first toast. With help from dedicated ladies in the Sisterhood, Matushka Tatiana prepared a lavish lunch for all parishioners and guests in the Church Hall. The line for food extended out the door.

Seated at the Head Table were Father Deacon Alexei Baranoff, Father Stefan, Matushka and long-time friend John Crosby. All the tables and chairs filled up quickly.

After the meal and many heart-felt toasts, Starosta Andrei Fedorov picked up his guitar and accompanied singers from the Church Choir and Russian School. Even little girls knew the words to favorite Russian songs.

Message from Otets Stefan: "Matushka Tatiana and I are deeply thankful to our whole parish for these 45 years and Tatiana expressed it in the banquet (lunch) she lovingly prepared for the Parish on Sunday."

The actual date for the 45th Anniversary is February 15th, the Feast Day of the Meeting of the Lord. Remember to congratulate and thank Otets Stefan and Matushka Tatiana on this great milestone.

See the slideshow on the left and click the videos below.

January 2026 Burlingame Church 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".

Stewardship Projects News: January 2026 Issue Posted

- Saluting the 2025 Stewards -

The Stewardship Projects News is intended to spotlight projects which have been completed during the 2025 year, projects which are in process, and projects which are currently in the planning stages. Future issues will be published as needed.

Click here to read or print the January 2026 issue (Issue 2)

Click here to read or print the October 2025 issue (Issue 1)

Beginning January 1, 2026, the price for Prosforas will increase to $3 per.

The price for the 2026 Commemoration books, with one prosfora, will be $156 for the year.

Please write checks to: Church of All Russian Saints.

100th Anniversary Celebration of Services at Fort Ross

On Saturday, October 4, 2025, hundreds of Orthodox Faithful from churches in California and beyond celebrated 100 years of Divine Liturgies served at the Historic Chapel of Fort Ross.

Metropolitan Nicholas of ROCOR, Metropolitan Tikhon of OCA, and Metropolitan Maximilian of Irkutsk (MP) led the prayers which were said at an altar in tents and at the historic cemetery reached by a steep cliffside path. Members of St. George Pathfinders led the procession.

The day ended with an outdoor banquet where celebration organizer Robin Joy-Wellman was invited to join the hierarchal table. Singing Russian songs, under the direction of Snezhana Wilson, were children from San Francisco and Burlingame Russian Schools.

Photos Courtesy of Irene Bogoslovsky, Aleksey Kovalenko, Pavel Denisov, Katya Able, and Liza Sinkevich-Mistuloff.

Welcome Reception for His Eminence Metropolitan Maximilian of Irkutsk

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Metropolitan Maximilian will officiate the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, October 12 in our Church, as well as Vigil on Saturday evening

Archpriest Stefan Pavlenko welcomes His Eminence Metropolitan Maximilian of Irkutsk. Behind them is Robin Joy Wellman, organizer of the 100th Anniversary of Church Services at the Fort Ross Chapel.

Robin gifted Metropolitan Maximilian with the exact copy of the epitrachelion which was worn by St. Innocent.

Metropolitan Maximilian presents Matushka Tatiana Pavlenko with jars of jam & nuts from Siberia. In the foreground are members of the Burlingame Church Choir.

ROCOR Synod Building in New York City.

Financial Breakdown. Click on picture to expand detail.

Update: October 6, 2025

MAJOR WORKS BEGIN!!! Click here to see the latest video (Part 3) on progress!!!

As of beginning of October, a little bit over $1,000,000 has been raised of the $15,000,000 needed to fully repair the building. Click here to see an ealier video (Part 2); also, click on the Financial Breakdown image above to see the project list.

Your help is urgently needed! To Donate, click here.

Also see last year's message from our Rector, Archpriest Stefan Pavlenko.

Message from Archpriest Stefan Pavlenko, Rector! - August 30, 2024

Dear Friends and Members of our Parish and supporters of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia,

We come to you today with a heartfelt appeal for your support. The Synod of Bishops building in New York City, our beloved headquarters, is in need of urgent repairs and restoration. This historic building holds immense cultural and spiritual significance (it is the home of the Holy Kursk Icon) for our community, and we must act now to preserve it for future generations.

We ask that you consider making a donation, however big or small, to help undertake this important work. Your generosity will not only help protect our heritage but also ensure that this sacred space continues to serve as a beacon of hope and faith for years to come.

Thank you for your support and God Bless you!

Click here to read Appeal by Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York. Donation button is at bottom of that page.

Click here to see 27-minute video "Telling the Truth" about the Synod of ROCOR building in New York (in English and Russian)

Parish Russian School Registration is now open for 2025 - 2026 Year.

Click on Russian School Tab for details!

An Excellent New Film about

Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco

by famous Arcady Mamontov Studio (only in Russian).

To watch, click here (1 hour and 8 minutes long)

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".

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

Our Kiots and Choir Loft Crosses have been gilded with 24K Gold Leaf!

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 !!!

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.

Father Dimitri Jakimowicz emails weekly translations of upcoming services. You can download the translation into your smartphone and follow the service in English while standing in Church. Contact Father Dimitri at frdimitrij@gmail.com and ask to be placed on his mailing list. Father Dimitri Jakimowicz sends out weekly church service texts in both Russian and English.

For Liturgical Texts in English and Slavonic from Holy Mother of God Russian Orthodox Church in Austin, Texas click here. https://orthodoxaustin.org/liturgical-texts/

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.

Prayer to the Lord:

O Lord, Lover of mankind, King of the ages and Giver of good things: having destroyed the divisions of enmity and granted peace unto the human race, grant even now peace unto Thy servants, planting within them the fear of Thee and establishing them in love for one another. Quench all strife, and remove all dissensions and temptations; for Thou art our peace and to Thee do we offer up glory, to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages, Amen.

Владыко Человѣколюбче, Царю вѣковъ и Подателю благихъ, разрушившiй вражды средостѣнiя и мир подавшiй роду человѣческому, даруй и нынѣ миръ рабомъ Твоимъ, вкорени нихъ страхъ Твой и другъ къ другу любовь утверди: угаси всяку распрю, отыми вся разногласiя и соблазны. Яко Ты еси миръ нашъ и Тебе славу возсылаемъ, Отцу и Сыну и Святому Духу, нынѣ и присно и во вѣки вѣковъ. Аминь.

Click here to print the prayers.

Prayer to the Mother of God:

O much sorrowing Mother of God, more highly exalted than all other of the daughters of the earth, according to thy purity and the multitude of thy suffering endured by thee on earth: Hearken to our sighs and soften the hearts of evil men, and protect us under the shelter of thy mercy. For we know no other refuge and ardent intercessor apart from thee, but as thou hast great boldness before the One Who was born of thee, help and save us by thy prayers, that without offense we may attain the Heavenly Kingdom where, with all the saints, we will sing the thrice-holy hymn to One God Almighty in the Trinity, always now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

О, многострадальная Мати Божiя, Превысшая всѣхъ дщерей земли, по чистотѣ Своей и по множеству страданiй, Тобою на земли перенесенныхъ, прiими многоболезненныя воздыханiя наша и сохрани насъ подъ кровомъ Твоея милости. Инаго бо прибѣжища теплаго предстательста развѣ Тебѣ не вѣмы, но яко дерзновенiе имущая къ Иже изъ Тебѣ рожденному, помози и спаси ны молитвами Своими, да непреткновенно достигнемъ Царствiя Небеснаго, идеже со всѣми святыми будемъ воспѣвати въ Троицѣ единому Богу нынѣ и присно и во вѣки вѣков. Аминь.