WESTERN AMERICAN DIOCESE: 21 January 2026
Photo-report on the celebration of the Epiphany of the Lord at the Cathedral of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in San Francisco

On Monday, January 19, 2026, on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, His Grace Bishop Theodosy of Manhattan, Deputy Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and Vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, celebrated Divine Liturgy according to the rite of St Basil the Great at the Cathedral of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in San Francisco, CA. His Grace was concelebrated by the Cathedral Dean Archpriest Peter Perekrestov and the cathedral clergy, with a large gathering of worshipers. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the clergy and faithful proceeded to the grounds of the Cyril and Methodius Russian Church School, where the Great Blessing of Water was performed.

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