San Francisco, California USA
Russian Orthodox
The parish of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate was founded in 1935. The new cathedral was blessed in July 1960. It was renovated in 1996, including a new cross on the dome. The church is again being renewed with fine brass articles, nineteen new icons, chandeliers, vestments, and relics of St. Seraphim of Sarovsk, St. Sergius of Radonezh, St. George, Ss. Boris and Gleb, and royal martyrs Nicholas II, Czarina Alexandra, and their children. The liturgical language is Church Slavonic.