Front Page Stories (Page 6)
Metropolitan Tikhon Presides at Sunday of Orthodoxy
At the invitation of His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon visited the Diocese of the West during the first weekend of Great Lent. On Friday evening, March 15, 2019, Metropolitan Tikhon prayed at the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at San Francisco’s historic Holy Trinity Cathedral, where he was warmly welcomed by Archbishop Benjamin; His Grace, Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa; and Archpriest Kirill Sokolov, Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral. The following day, Saturday, March 16, Metropolitan Tikhon…
Photographs from Winter Pascha 2018-2019
The clergy and faithful of Holy Trinity Cathedral celebrated the great feasts of Our Lord’s Nativity and Theophany 2018/2019.
Sesquicentennial Celebrated – Photos
One hundred and fifty years ago, during the Holy Week of 1868, an Orthodox missionary was sent to San Francisco from Alaska to conduct Paschal services here. This marked the beginning of regular liturgical life here in our City. Since then, we have traced our jubilees from that year. Parish life took root even earlier: we trace our history to December 2, 1857, when the first Orthodox Society was founded in San Francisco. Ten years later, on September 2, 1867,…
Blessing of New Dome Icons
On Sunday, September 9 2018, with the blessing of His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin, the clergy and faithful of Holy Trinity Cathedral celebrated the blessing of the newly completed iconography now adorning the interior of the cathedral dome. A photograph gallery is available.
Presentation, Fundraiser for Minsk Convent, Charity
Embroideries and church items
Souvenirs and CDs; Rosaries and other handmade religious items
Crosses, crucifixes, icons
Clergy vestments
Visit of Guest Hierarch from Ukraine
On Sunday, July 8, we were honored to welcome His Grace, Bishop Gideon of Makarov, vicar bishop of the Kyiv metropolitanate, who presided at the Divine Liturgy. We also were happy to have Protodeacon Anthony, who is accompanying His Grace, with us. We wish them safe travels as they return to the Church in Ukraine. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
Annual Pilgrimage to Fort Ross
His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin led the clergy and faithful of the Diocese of the West in the annual (since 1925) pilgrimage to Fort Ross on the 4th of July. This year’s weather was overcast and cooler than usual — a very comfortable day. Fort Ross is now a state historic park and is the site of the first Orthodox house of prayer south of Alaska. His Grace, Bishop Gideon of Makarov, Vicar of the Kyiv Metropolis, prayed at the Divine…
Pentecost 2018
On Sunday, May 27, the great and last day of Pentecost, the feast of the Trinity, we celebrated our patronal feast day. A gallery of photographs is available!
Pentecost: The Feast of the Church
With the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ’s disciples, the time of salvation, the Divine work of redemption has been completed, the fulness revealed, all gifts bestowed: it belongs to us now to “appropriate” these gifts, to be that which we have become in Christ: participants and citizens of His Kingdom.
May 20, 2018 Weekly Bulletin
Weekly bulletins are distributed every Sunday at the Divine Liturgy. They contain Sunday scripture readings, commemorate birthdays and anniversaries, communicate parish announcements, and highlight divine services in the coming week. You can also download the latest bulletin in PDF format here.
Christ is risen! Photos from Pascha 2018
On the great night of Pascha, the celebration of the Resurrection of the Lord, the clergy and faithful of Holy Trinity Cathedral celebrate the Nocturnes, Procession, Matins, and Divine Liturgy. On the eve, Holy Saturday, they sang the Vesperal Liturgy. On Sunday afternoon, we continued the celebration with Paschal Vespers.
Honoring Father John
On Sunday, January 21, the clergy and faithful of Holy Trinity Cathedral gathered with our Archbishop Benjamin to honor Archpriest John Takahashi, Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral. Father John is retiring (or, as he would prefer to say, graduating) after almost twelve years of pastoral service with us at the Cathedral. May God grant his servants, the Archpriest John and Matushka Robin many years!