Welcome to St. Seraphim of Sarov Orthodox Church. We are an American mission parish of the Russian Orthodox Church. In our parish you will find Orthodox Christians from many different backgrounds. Of course there are Russians and Americans, however you will also find Serbs, Bulgarians, Romanians and others. Because we are a mission parish, our services are mostly in English, however, there is also some Slavonic as a remembrance of our ties to the Russian Church. We are under the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, headed by Metropolitan HILARION of New York and Eastern America. We are in the diocese of Western America under the pastoral rule of Archbishop KYRILL of San Francisco and Western America. We welcome your visit both here on our webpage and in person at our parish.

Due to the current situation with the COVID-19 virus, the Russian Food Festival will be postponed until the weekend of October 2-3.

Please be mindful of the ongoing challenges of the pandemic and practice social distancing by using all of the available space in the church and entry way.  Family groups should stand together.  In compliance with the mayor's order, masks should be worn while in the church.

Wednesday

6:00 p.m.  Daily Vespers

Friday

6:00 p.m.  Molieben and Akathist to the Theotokos
6:45 p.m. Liturgics Class

Saturday

10:00 a.m. Prosphora Baking
6:00 p.m.  Vigil

Sunday - Apostles Peter and Paul

9:30 a.m.  Liturgy
6:00 p.m.  Daily Vespers

The construction work for the church remodeling project to raise the roof is complete!  We are now turning our attention to the finish work and decoration of the interior of the building.  Fr. Matthew has proposed a plan for the iconography he would like to do.  Details may be found here.  If you would like to sponsor a particular icon or have other suggestions, send a message to Fr. David or Fr. Matthew via the Contact page.  Payments can be made with the PayPal button at the bottom of this page - be sure to include a note with the payment if it is for a particular icon or toward the iconography in general.

There are many opportunities to help those in need within our church.  The Fund for Assistance provides aid for a variety of causes around the world.  Please click on the image below to see how you can help: