Faith and Religion

15+ hour, 48+ min ago   (95+ words) The San Francisco showing opened with a special celebration Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m., per the same California Missions Foundation report. From there, the cathedral's doors are set to remain open to visitors hoping to view and venerate the relics through late…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (318+ words) On July 2, 1994, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia canonized Saint John (Maximovich) of Shanghai and San Francisco, a wondrous servant of God of the 20th century, as a saint. Archbishop John was born on June 4 (17th, Old Style), 1896, in the village…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (407+ words) More than 700 people joined a joyous Sukkot Street Festival and Simchas Beis Hashoeiva in San Francisco, bringing together every Chabad house in the city alongside local shuls, Jewish organizations, and communities. Full Story San Francisco’s 10th Avenue was filled with Jewish…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (358+ words) Metropolis of San Francisco announces All Saints Foundation with nearly $5.2M in founding gifts, pledges The Orthodox Observer Metropolis of San Francisco announces All Saints Foundation with nearly $5.2M in founding gifts, pledges The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco has announced…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (509+ words) There's no way to know how many miles St. Francis of Assisi walked during his lifetime. But fond as he was of the virtue of humility, his own two feet were surely a favored means of transportation. And now a…...