CHURCH OF ALL RUSSIAN SAINTS NEWSLETTER VOLUME 2 NUMBER 6 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014

50 Year Jubilee Canonization of Saint John of Kronstadt by the Russian Church Abroad 1964-2014

Important Dates in November/December Nov. 1 Feast Day service for St. John of Kronstadt at Holy Virgin Cathedral, , CA and San Diego, CA. The festive service celebrates the 50th anniversary of the glorification of Holy Righteous John of Kronstadt

Nov. 5-6 Feast Day for Holy Virgin Cathedral (Joy for All Who Sorrow), San Francisco to worship God. In all areas of our lives, we should strive to offer Nov. 7 Feast Day service at 10 a.m. for St. John of our best to Christ. Our way of dressing should be no exception. Kronstadt at Saint John Kronstadt Care Center, We should offer Christ our “Sunday best” not just our every day 4432 James Avenue, Castro Valley. or common wear.

Nov. 28-Jan. 6 Nativity Fast Often if we are going out to a formal social occasion, we take special care to dress appropriately. For a job interview or an Dec. 3-4 Entry of Theotokos important business meeting, most of us would try to appear at our Dec. 18-19 St. Nicholas the Wonderworker best. If we were invited to meet the President of the United States Dec. 24-25 Feast Day for St. Orthodox or a celebrity, we would likely “dress up” for the occasion. Should Church, Sunnyvale we offer Christ the King anything less? We do not have to wear fancy, designer or expensive clothing; this is not a beauty contest, a competition or a fashion show. MESSAGE FROM FATHER STEFAN Please remember, shorts are never appropriate Church wear, except t a recent Parish Council Meeting, several members commented for very young children. Our clothes should be clean, modest and Athat some visitors and regular attendees are extremely casual befitting a Christian. It is part of our offering to God. about the clothes they wear to Church services. Although it’s not necessary to be dressed formally or in new clothes, we must always In some churches, it is customary to remove shoes before entering, be respectful of our Holy Temple and our fellow parishioners by recalling God’s direction to Moses “…take off your shoes from dressing in simple, clean, non-distractive apparel. your feet, for the place where you are is holy ground”. (At the present time, we do not remove our shoes in church. However, this The following is a commentary on contemporary dress suggestions custom shows the respect we should have toward the Holy Temple of posted on the Holy Ascension Orthodox Christian Church web God.) site. My comments are italicized. Men: A coat and tie are not mandatory. Slacks and a collared shirt Proper Attire are fine. We should not wear shorts or T-shirts. No one needs to be distracted by slogans or images on a T-shirt. The Church is God’s house. It is a Temple for worship. The Church is also our home but it is not a casual place. Do you Women: Dresses should be modest. No tank tops or tube tops. remember a time and place when people put on “their Sunday No short skirts high above the knee or blouses cut low in the best”? Times have changed and we have become a very casual back or front. Not long ago pants of any kind would have been society. This attitude has unfortunately influenced how we dress considered inappropriate; today dress pants are generally accepted

continued... 1 but not everywhere. You may be denied entrance into some churches unless REPORT ON ADA RAMP attired in a dress or skirt. Again, shorts By Nikolai Koretsky and T-shirts are never proper attire for Church services. (The custom at our ay Area Paving Incorporated has begun work on the ADA ramp at the front Church in Burlingame is that women Bentrance of our Church. It will continue for several weeks before completion. wear modest skirts or dresses. If someone enters our Church for the first time or is Prior to signing the contract, we received and evaluated four bids from local cement just a visitor, we never ask them to leave. work contractors. The selection criteria was based on compliance with the ADA requirements, their Better Business Bureau (BBB) status, and of course, the price. For convenience, we have skirts available to women who may be coming from work The selected contractor is Bay Area Paving Incorporated operating from San Mateo, or other engagements and are in slacks.) . Construction is expected to take from one to two weeks. If it takes more than a week to finish the project, we will keep one side of the entrance steps open to Head Coverings foot traffic during Saturday night and Sunday morning services. The cost of the entire project will be close to $25,000.00 including the sidewalk upgrade on El Camino Real. It is an Orthodox custom that men remove their hats upon entering the Unfortunately, the existing wheelchair ramp will not be usable during construction. Similarly, it will not be possible to drive up the driveway to the front of the Church Church. For women, however, the from Fairfield Drive. Both driveways will be closed during construction. The front opposite is correct. Throughout the iron gate will also be closed to both foot and automobile traffic. history of the Church, women have typically worn a head covering. In Thank you to all the Stewards who have contributed funds to this project. It is your 21st Century America, you will often monetary donations which have allowed us to finance this project. hear objections raised to this pious custom as being antiquated or even sexist. On the contrary, this tradition is not intended as an insult to women but as a great compliment. The Scriptures refer to a woman’s hair as her REPORT ON THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM “crowning glory”. One reason cited for By Oleg Bolshakoff covering the head is to observe an act of humility. Throughout the centuries, fter examining our Church’s air conditioning systems, I’ve come up with several conclusions. Mechanically, the systems function properly. However, there are two modest Christian women chose not to A problems – old, uncalibrated thermostats and improper air distribution. allow their beauty, or their “crowning glory”, to distract others from the glory The existing thermostats are difficult to operate and fail to properly sense the of God and the beauty of His house. correct room temperature. I recommend replacing the existing thermostats with (It is also understood that when pious new, programmable ones. They are easier to operate and will correctly sense the women cover their heads in Church, they surrounding room air temperature for proper control. Total cost will be between $150 are imitating the Holy Virgin Theotokos and $300. who, according to the custom of her time, As for the air distribution issue, there are several concerns. All conditioned air flows always covered her hair.) through four registers, supplying only the main church. This creates a whirlwind effect. Parishioners complain of drafts and candles burning down prematurely. I have I hope these guidelines from another made several adjustments to the airflow which should improve the condition. Orthodox Church’s website inspire us to do our best when it comes to proper Another idea is to divert some air to adjoining rooms. I examined this scenario and church attire. Our goal should be to help informed the Parish Council that this work will require penetrating the Church’s roof. our fellow parishioners not be distracted This idea was rejected by the council during September ‘s meeting. Costs were not by what we wear during church services. addressed. In conclusion, the air distribution adjustments that were made should significantly improve the church’s indoor environment. Adding new thermostats will further improve the operation of the air conditioning units, especially when outside temperatures are high.

2 THEOLOGICAL QUESTION FOR FATHER STEFAN

WHAT DOES “ACCORDING TO TRADITION” MEAN?

any Orthodox Christians understand that the of Holy Scripture. “Rejoice, thou that art highly favored, the MOrthodox Church derives its teachings from Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women” (Luke 1:28) Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition, but not everyone and “Henceforth all generations shall call me blessed” (Luke understands exactly what Holy Tradition means. The 1:48). Consequently, from the time of the Holy Apostles, each Bible, which is a collection of books, is the source of our generation of Christians honored the Holy Theotokos. Holy Scripture teachings. These books, known to the Church from generation to generation, were identified as We also get more information about the Virgin Mary, the authentic writings of named authors who shared the her Birth, and episodes in her life from the book called unchanged teachings of the faith. Fathers of the Early “Protoevangelium of James”. We learn about her parents, Church determined that the named authors were, in fact, the Feast of the Entrance into the Temple, and about Saint the ones who wrote the texts by checking the consistency Joseph who was an elderly widower chosen to guard Holy of their narratives, making sure they were uncorrupted, Mary’s virginity. The Protoevangelium was written by the theologically sound, and well known to the whole Church. Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord. (James was Saint Eventually, the list of Sacred Books was codified and set Joseph’s son from his previous marriage.) Although the into a complete Canon of accepted Books of the Bible. book was not inscribed in the Canonical Books of the New Testament, it was highly respected and well known to the In the pamphlet “The Orthodox Church Heaven on Apostolic Fathers in the Early Church. Earth,” we read, “Just as the Grace of the Holy Spirit which descended on the Apostles at Pentecost flows in a living (and Other Orthodox beliefs based on Tradition are crossing unchanging) stream down through today’s bishops and priests, oneself, triple immersion at baptism, the baptism of so Sacred Tradition carries the spiritual life of the Church infants, the blessing of Holy Water and the veneration of in an unbroken stream from the time of the Apostles down Icons. All are Holy Traditions which were consistently to Orthodox believers today. Sacred Tradition includes the preserved generation after generation until eventually they unwritten acts and teachings of Christ and the Apostles which were recorded by the Fathers of the Church, mentioned the Church preserves unchanged for us all. (John 21:25; 2 in the Lives of Saints, or included in the Texts of Church Thess. 2:15; 2 Thess. 3:6) Through Sacred Tradition we are in Services. All these Traditions treasured by the Orthodox communion with the spiritual life of the preceding generations Church confirm the continuity of our Faith with the back to the Apostles.” earliest Christians and the living generations of Christians throughout the centuries. Among the Holy Traditions of the Orthodox Church is the veneration of the Holy Virgin Theotokos based on the words

3 SVET DANICH: PRESIDENT OF ST. JOHN’S VOLUNTEERS -Ludmilla Bobroff

spent her childhood in Shanghai, China and Australia before immigrating to the U.S. with her parents. Both Svet and Ksana enjoyed participating in the Sokol gymnastics club in San Francisco and socializing with Russian friends on a UC Berkeley meadow which the Russian students named Ruskaya Polyana (Russian Meadow).

Eventually, Svet changed schools (to Healds College) and majors (electronics). Upon graduation, he found a job with Ampex where he worked for twenty years, first as a senior technical assistant, then a junior engineer. The highlight of his career was working on electronics for NASA’s Skylab project.

Svet and Ksana were married at the Old Cathedral in 1957. They have three children. Michael is a real estate agent at West Svet and Ksana Danich & Prazker in San Francisco. Kathy is a financial analyst with any Russian organizations, including the Church Electric Power Research Institute in Palo Alto where Ksana Mof All Russian Saints, have been the beneficiaries of worked for many years. And Irene Danich Motoviloff is a much needed funds over the past 30 years, thanks to a group young widow, raising two sons, Nicky, age 7 and Walter, age of emigres who donated their meager personal funds and 10. Anastasia, daughter of Michael, attends USF and is fluent volunteered their hard work in the 1970s and 80s to organize in three languages. All the Danich children and grandchildren and sustain a nonprofit charity named St. John’s Volunteers. are actively involved in St. George Pathfinders, a Russian What has been the secret to their financial success? Buying a scouting organization. nursing home!

While Burlingame parishioner Svet Danich, current president of the Board of Trustees of St. John’s Volunteers was not involved in the early days of the organization, it has been his leadership that has kept the nonprofit not only solvent but highly successful on many levels.

Svet was born in Niche, Yugoslavia to Vladimir Konstantinovich and Valentina Mihailovna Danich. During the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Konstantinovich left Russia and made his way to Yugoslavia. As a child, Svet was enrolled in a cadet school named Knyazhe Konstantinovski Korpus. Prior to the invasion of Yugoslavia by the Communists, all cadets were evacuated to Germany and eventually joined the Russian Liberation Army under General Andrei Vlasov. At the end of the war, Svet was sent to a Displaced Persons (DP) Enjoying a family cruise to Alaska are (seated, left to right) Ksana and Svet Danich, Irene Motoviloff and her sons Nicky and Walter. (Back row, left to right) Anastasia Camp in Salzburg, Austria and lived there for two years before Danich, Michael Danich, Anastasia’s friend Lara Murry, and Kathy Danich. coming alone to America in 1950. Svet joined St. John’s Volunteers when Olga Chouprov, its In America, more military service awaited the young man. first president, nominated him to sit on the Board of Trustees. Svet was immediately drafted into the U.S. Army and sent Ten years ago, he was appointed president. “I joined St. back to Germany to work in military intelligence. After John’s Volunteers purely for selfish reasons,” says Svet. “In completing his military duties, he looked forward to a normal my early days, I didn’t have a lot of assistance from anyone. life. He enrolled at UC Berkeley to study theology and The fact that the charity was established to help people and soon met his future wife, Ksana von Hemmelman. She had organizations preserve our Russian heritage appealed to me.”

4 According to historical data and the recollections of long-time themselves, from cooking food to setting up the hall. Knowing member, Olga Parr, St. John’s Volunteers came into existence in where all the money was going attracted sell-out crowds year the late 1970s when a group of women drove once a month to after year. In addition, the Kulaevski Fund, with the support St. John Kronstadt Care Center in Castro Valley to help elderly of reposed member Constantine Parshooto, donated money to residents feel a bond with their Russian past. The ladies would pay off the loans. bring food and treats in celebration of the Saints’ Days and birthdays of elderly Russian Orthodox residents living there. Inevitably, the women volunteers would hear sad stories from the infirm about their difficulty finding nursing homes when all they had was Social Security medical coverage.

Someone then suggested, “Why not buy a nursing home on the Peninsula and admit Russian emigres who are short of money?” Galina Holmberg and Olga Chouprov, now both reposed, volunteered to look into this possibility. Helen Dourova agreed to be the secretary/treasurer. With the advice of financial advisor Oleg Vishnevsky and attorney Anne Kirueshkin, they registered the group with the State of California as a nonprofit organization in 1977-78 and named it St. John’s Volunteers. The name was selected to honor Archbishop John of Shanghai and San Francisco. Since Archbishop John was not glorified yet, this was not permitted. So the group selected St. John the Brookside Skilled Nursing Hospital Baptist as their honored patron saint. Today, Brookside Skilled Nursing Facility is well respected and In the fall of 1978, Brookside Convalescent Hospital in San recommended by local hospitals, just as it was when it was Mateo came on the market. Asking price was $1,250,000. St. purchased. It is still under the watchful eye of government John’s Volunteers decided to make an offer. They appealed to regulatory boards, audits, and corporate laws. Because the the Russian Community for donations and/or loans for a down mortgage has been paid off, income is spent on improving the payment. Friends, relatives, and the Volunteers themselves facility, adding office space, re-landscaping the grounds, even responded generously. One member offered his home as holding holiday parties. Profits are also distributed to other collateral since the Volunteers did not have a credit record to nonprofit organizations for various philanthropic endeavors. qualify for such a large sum of money. To everyone’s relief, the sale went through. Although regular Orthodox Church services are not held at Brookside as they are at St. Kronstadt Care Center, Svet says Now that the Volunteers owned a hospital, they had to keep it Father Stefan is always willing to serve a moleben at the facility running. Mortgage payments were “interest only” which was upon request. Residents are also brought to the Burlingame all the group could afford to pay. While money was coming Church if they wish to attend the Pascha service. A computer in from patients’ fees, it was barely enough to cover expenses. in the common room is available to watch services on Residents with private insurance were the bread and butter for Livestream. In the past, the Burlingame Choir and members of Brookside. Social Security patients, who had no supplemental St. George Pathfinders would also visit the residents. insurance, paid a lot less. The financial situation was often precarious. The director of the hospital had to fill all 100 beds Besides heading the Board of Trustees of St. John’s Volunteers, nightly in order to pay the employees. By law, the owners were Svet is also active with the Society of Russian Cadets and required to admit all patients, but Russian Orthodox patients Veterans, the Russian Center, and the Serbian Benevolent were allowed preferential privilege if there was no shortage of Society. “There are many options for involvement in the available beds. Russian Community,” he says. “I recommend it highly. It’s very rewarding to help people and organizations grow and To ease their tight budget, St. John’s Volunteers started holding prosper.” fundraisers. Their most popular event was the St. John’s Volunteers Annual Charity Ball. Members did all the work

5 A PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE TO ENGLAND - Lesley Pelagia Gilchrist when he established the first monastery on the island in 635. Lindisfarne became renowned as a place of Christian education and evangelization, becoming the home to one of England’s most celebrated saints, St. Cuthbert, who died in 687. However, soon, tragedy would befall this community.

As Daniel and I felt a breeze from the North Sea, we could imagine the horror those ancient Orthodox monks experienced in 793 when they saw the dreaded longboats of the marauding Vikings on the horizon. Many monks were killed in the attack. Others managed to flee with their most valued treasure, the incorrupt body of their beloved Saint Cuthbert. While the original wooden monastery of Saint Aiden was destroyed, today in its place stands a small Anglican Church of Saint Mary the Virgin. Parts of the narrow stone church date back from the 7th century. An icon of the Theotokos has been given a place of honor near the altar. Icons of Saints Aiden and Cuthbert are also displayed. On temporary loan to the church is an oversized dark, wooden statue of six monks carrying St. Cuthbert’s coffin on their shoulders. Though the work is rather roughhewn, the sculpture captures the expressions of anguish mixed with gritty determination.

Lesley Pelagia Gilchrist stands in the narthex of the Gothic Cathedral in Lincoln, England.

leven years ago, my husband and I converted to Eastern EOrthodoxy after a long search for the Ancient Church of Christ. Since Bill and I are both of English and Scottish ancestry, we began researching the religious history of the British Isles. To our amazement, we learned that the English and the Scots were thoroughly Orthodox until 1066 prior to the Roman Catholic (Norman) conquest. We wondered if any remnants of the Orthodox Church or relics of Orthodox Saints survived the centuries of turmoil. Do Orthodox communities exist in England today?

This past June and July, our fifteen-year-old son Daniel and At Saint Mary the Virgin Anglican Church is a wooden statue of six monks carrying I began a personal pilgrimage to the land of our ancestors the coffin of Saint Cuthbert. to hunt for Orthodoxy on the East Coast of England. Our first destination in England was the Holy Island of What happened to the uncorrupted relics of Saint Cuthbert? Lindisfarne near the Scottish border. The holiness of this The faithful monks wandered the Northern countryside island was immediately apparent. A causeway, which floods until St. Cuthbert finally found a permanent resting place twice daily, connects the island to the mainland. The ebb at Durham Cathedral which was built by the Normans in and flow of the tidal waters add a sense of peacefulness 1093. Daniel and I eventually visited Durham Cathedral and other-worldliness to the location. Saint Aiden, the and venerated both Saint Cuthbert and Saint Bede who are Apostle of Northumbrian, must have felt this peacefulness enshrined there. We asked both of these great English Saints

6 to intercede for us and for friends God instructed Richeldis to build a invited us to her skete, located on struggling with illness. replica of Her holy house at Nazareth. the grounds of the old priority. Her At that time, traveling to the Holy parting words to us were, “You do not Our search for other remnants of Land through Muslim controlled go on a pilgrimage for only yourself Orthodoxy proved more difficult. We lands was a dangerous journey for but also for all those for whom Christian pilgrims. you pray. Your journey becomes a Richeldis honored blessing to them as well.” the Theotokos and gave her land for the shrine. The site of the “English Nazareth” BAPTISED was determined by the miraculous appearance of a holy AUGUST 2014 spring. Later, a priory was built around the Daniel Rapoport Holy House, and the Alexander site became a place of Wojciechowski pilgrimage for nobility Efrain Erazo and commoners alike. Daniel Gilchrist (far left) meets Father Philip Steer of the Moscow Patriarchate, Matushka Philipa and their grandson Constantine at the SEPTEMBER 2014 Orthodox Chapel at Walsingham. In 1538, the dissolution of the Timothy Yakushev hoped to find the relics of Saint Edwin English monasteries, the priory and Alexander Anokhin (d. 633) in York Minster, but he had the Holy House did not stop pilgrims Antony Anokhin been buried in the original Saxon from traveling to the site for centuries. Nathaniel Fasil cathedral which had long vanished. In 1921, the Anglican Church Nicholas Novak-Gomez The shrine of Saint Etheldreda, who reconstructed a new shrine complex Evan Nezhichkin died in 679, was also difficult to find. near the original priory. In fact, when Alexander Naterzon It had been located in Ely Cathedral, the new Holy House was constructed, a prominent place of pilgrimage an ancient holy well was discovered. until the 16th century when English The reconstructed Holy House seems Reformers dissolved the monasteries to be built with fragments from and desecrated the saintly shrines. the original. The Anglicans even Fortunately, faithful Christians spirited welcomed an Orthodox presence MARRIED away Saint Etheldreda’s incorrupt body within the shrine and have given space to safety. Daniel and I venerated her for an Orthodox Chapel. still incorrupt relics which now reside SEPTEMBER 2014 in a humble, parish church around the We spent four days at the shrine lexander aterzon corner from Ely Cathedral in Ely. We complex, walking the peaceful A N ubov aletskaya lit candles before Saint Etheldreda’s grounds, offering prayers in the & L V relics and asked for her prayers. chapel. Sister Margarite, an Orthodox nun arranged for us to Our most soul stirring discovery, venerate a piece of the True Cross. On REPOSED IN THE LORD however, was the Shrine of Our the Sunday before we returned to the Lady of Walsingham in the village of States, Daniel and I gathered with a Little Walsingham. In 1061, a pious small group of Orthodox parishioners SEPTEMBER 2014 noble woman named Richeldis de for Vigil and Divine Liturgy. Faverches had three visions of the Services were conducted by Father Yulia Soumarocoff Theotokos in which the Mother of Philip. Afterwards, Sister Margarite

7 VISITING CLERGY

(Left to right) George Cheremeteff, Father Stefan, and His Grace Bishop Jerome from Mahopac, New York His Grace Bishop Jerome reminisce about their seminary officiates at Divine Liturgy in Burlingame. days at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in Jordanville, New York. All three graduated in the Class of 1971.

Archimandrite Roman (Krassovsky), Chief of the Russian (Left to right) Abbess Sylvestra, His Eminence Ecclesiastical Mission of the Russian Church Abroad Metropolitan Vlasie of Romania, and Archimandrite in Jerusalem, serves with Father Stefan during his brief Mercurie participate in the Divine Liturgy during their holiday in California. Burlingame is Father Roman’s visit. Abbess Sylvestra collected monetary donations hometown parish. for iconography to be painted on a new cathedral in Romania.

8 SISTERHOOD HONORS THE CHOIR

Choir Director Andrei Roudenko (standing) praises Father Stefan introduces guests from Romania – his singers and urges them to reach even greater (left to right) Archimandrite Mercurie, Metropoli- musical heights. tan Vlasie, and Abbess Sylvestra.

Almost all of the 35 choir members attend the As usual, buffet choices are plentiful and delicious. annual luncheon. Many bring family members.

Three of the oldest choir members are Vladimir As choir members sing Mnogoye Leto (Many Years), Roudenko (seated), Nina Medoushikova (now members of the Sisterhood exit the kitchen to retired), and Konstantin Senchukoff. acknowledge the choir’s well-wishes. 9 NEWS FROM THE SISTERHOOD UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS - Matushka Tatiana Pavlenko November 16 – Thanksgiving Lunch and Pre-Christmas Bazaar fter a brief summer break, the Burlingame ASisterhood got right back to work in September December 7 - Russian School Lunch with a brunch and a coffee hour where we welcomed His Grace Bishop Jerome from Mahopac, New York. December 14 – Annual Gingerbread House and Bishop Jerome was Father Stefan’s classmate at Holy Craft Fair for Children Cost of $20 per child includes an assembled gingerbread Trinity Seminary. house and decorations to beautify it. To register your children, send an email to burlingamesisterhood@gmail. In October we made piroshki and dessert for the com A Lenten lunch will also be available. banquet at the diocesan celebration held at St. December 21 - Pre-Christmas Lenten Lunch -On the Seraphim of Sarov Church in Seaside, California near menu are the Sisterhood’s famous fish kotleti Monterey. We also treated our wonderful choir to a festive lunch on October 19 to thank them for all their Pelmeni-making Session hard work perfecting the hymns we hear at services. December 11 If you can help, come to the Church Hall anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Call Luba Gauschieldt for Now we’re planning our Thanksgiving and Pre- more information. (650) 591-1605 Christmas Lunches as well as the Annual Gingerbread House and Craft Fair for Children. Don’t forget to register your little people. LIVESTREAM SERVICES For those who are home bound or hospital- ized and are not able to attend Services at THANK YOU the Church Of All Russian Saints (COARS), to we have enabled live video streaming via NATASHA MISHKO AND HER KIDS the Internet. All live and previously record- for graciously sponsoring the cost of this issue. ed Services can be viewed here: www.new.livestream.com/COARS

Church of All Russian Saints A Parish of the Western American Diocese of the Abroad CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS 744 El Camino Real, Burlingame, CA 94010 http://www.allrussiansaintsburlingame.org/ V. Rev. Mitred Archpriest Rector: Mitred Archpriest Stefan Pavlenko Stefan Pavlenko, Rector (650) 430-9805 Cell: (650) 430-9805 Ivan Afanasiev, Elder (650) 589-7617 Parish Newsletter Staff Alexei Baranoff, Treasurer (916) 799-0898 Editor - Ludmilla Bobroff Yura Misersky, Secretary (650) 579-2667 Art Designer - Xenia Maximow Photographers - Dimitry Bobroff and Helen Gauschieldt Head Sister Matushka Tatiana Pavlenko (650) 430-9806 We welcome your suggestions on the type of articles you would like to see in the Parish Choir Director Newsletter. Send your ideas to Ludmilla Bobroff at [email protected] or telephone Andrei Roudenko (650) 922-0250 (408) 257-6918. Please write Parish Newsletter in the Subject Line. Deadline is one month prior to publication. Dimitry Bobroff (408) 257-6918 Next Newsletter - January 2015 Nikolai Koretsky (650) 492-8237

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