St Nicholas Cathedral - San Francisco, CA - Orthodox Churches on Waymarking.com

"St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate was founded in San Francisco on March 12, 1934 with the blessing of Metropolitan Veniamin and Bishop Antonin of Alaska and Washington.

At that time the church and parish was located at 443 Divisadero St.

The church on Divisadero was very small. In 1960, with funds raised by the parishioners, a Lutheran church (built in 1919) on 15th St. was purchased. It was completely remodeled; the iconostasis, icons, and all the furnishings were brought from the old church.

From 1935-39 the services were conducted by Archbishop Antonin, Igumen Feodor and Archpriest Feodor Kochetov.

On Sunday, July 24, 1960, the new Cathedral of St. Nicholas was consecrated. A large gathering of Moscow Patriarchate hierarchy gathered for the festive service, including Metropolitan Boris of North America and the Aleut lands, Archbishop Dionisii of San Francisco and Western America, Igumen Mark, Mitrofan Archpriest Iosif Gavrilyak, Archpriest Peter Kotlyarov, Archpriest Feodor Kochetov and Archpriest Nicholai Levkovich (from San Diego, Ca)." (visit link)

Type of Orthodox Church: Eastern Type of Building: Church Status of Building: Actively in use for worship Date of building construction: 07/24/1960 Associated Icons, Reliefs, art, etc.: St Nicholas Address: 2005 15th Street San Francisco, CA USA 94114 Relevant Website: [Web Link] Date of organization: Not listed Diocese: Not listed Archdiocese: Not listed

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