At the invitation of His Eminence, Archbishop KYRILL of San Francisco and Western America, a delegation from Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in Jordanville, NY, headed by His Grace Bishop LUKE of Syracuse, Rector of the seminary, and Dr. Nicolas Schidlovsky, seminary dean, together with the seminary choir, will travel to Holy Virgin Cathedral – Joy of All Who Sorrow in San Francisco, CA to participate in the 30th anniversary celebration of the Glorification of St John (Maximovich) of Shanghai and San Francisco, the Wonderworker on June 28-29, 2024.

 

For the festal services on Friday evening and Saturday morning, the responses will be sung antiphonally by the Holy Virgin Cathedral Choir, under the direction of Vladimir Krassovsky together with the Holy Trinity Seminary Choir, under the direction of Fr. Deacon Nicolas Kotar.

For more information visit the dedicated web page: stjohns30th.com

 

The schedule of services and events is as follows:

 

Thursday 6/27

5:00 pm Daily Vespers and Matins

6:45 pm Transfer of Reliquary to the center of the cathedral

7:00 pm AKATHIST to St. John before his relics

 

Friday 6/28

8:00 am Daily Divine Liturgy

5:00 confessions

6:00 Vigil – St. John (responses sung by Cathedral Choir and HTS Choir)

 

Saturday 6/29 FEAST DAY – St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco, the Wonderworker

6:30 am Early Liturgy

9:00am Hierarchal Divine Liturgy – St. John - Greeting of the presiding bishop, His Eminence, Metropolitan NICHOLAS, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (responses sung by Cathedral Choir and HTS Choir)

1:00 – 5:00 Luncheon at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins (sold out)

6:00pm Vigil (responses to be sung exclusively by Holy Trinity Seminary Choir)

 

Sunday 6/30

Late Liturgy: 9:45 Entrance of the bishop (responses to be sung exclusively by Holy Trinity Seminary Choir)

 

We would also like to congratulate Metropolitan NICHOLAS on the occasion of the 10 anniversary of His Eminence’s consecration to the episcopacy, which took place in San Francisco on this feast on June 29, 2014, which was the 20th anniversary of the Glorification of St John. Eis Polla eti Despota, dear Vladyka Nicholas (HTS alumnus ’98)!