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Joy of All Who Sorrow Cathedral
I spent 10 years in San Francisco and my high school was only three blocks away from the home of one of America's only Saints - St. John Maximovitch. This cathedral, in my opinion is a model in how Orthodox churches should look in many respects. Notice there are no pews. This church is Russian Orthodox.
I hope you enjoy.
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I could only post 3 pics but the whole church has incredible fresco's.
The pic of the devoted kneeling is where St. John's body lays at rest.
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It has the same type of interior beauty as St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral in New York City...awesome!
(regarding the exterior: I can take it or leave it)
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OOOOOOH wonderful pictures - thank you 
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Beautiful inside, just beautiful!
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What an inspiration! Absolutely awesome!
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I have had the great pleasure of attending Vigil in this church and venerating St. John's relics.
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There is a wonderful set of 2 videos showing the canonization of Saint John, which took place in this Cathedral. I keep hoping that they will make it available on DVD.
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Regarding the canonization, I had traveled out to San Francisco for a young man's conference and we went to the canonization. They setup huge screens in front of the church and the crowds were enormous. I was somehow able to squeeze in behind the last babushka before the doors were finally shut. Anyway, I could not see a thing and was stuck at the very rear of this beautiful cathedral. I don't know exactly why, but I decided to go up these stairs and around the ropes, being only 14 years old you see, and to my amazement I ended up in the choir loft. I was blessed to see most of the canonization from the balconies edge above everyone. Pretty cool.
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I've seen three long excerpts of the canonization on youtube. Simply glorious. No wonder they call it "glorification"! :-)
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Amazing!
Only in an Orthodox Church can you see such beauty.
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Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you for sharing!
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I went to my best friend's marriage blessing there. It is like heavan! I venerated the relics of St John and it was very moving. The icon of St Xenia has a piece of the church she helped build in the middle of the night. If anyone here goes to SF than they should make this part of the visit.
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