I see our website and Facebook have posted the announcement that Our Lady of Fatima Russian Byzantine Catholic Church is moving.
http://www.byzantinecatholic.org/AboutUs/index.htmlThe SF Archdiocese has been incredibly helpful to us during significant changes over the past 8 months.
Our last Divine Liturgy in our current site will be Pascha. We have already begun packing and preparing for our move. By the grace of God we are able to remain in the Russian neighborhood, a few blocks from our current location. We will be in the old convent of St. Monica's Latin Catholic Church. There are many advantages to the new physical location, including especially being right on the main bus line, central heating and on site parking, none of which have we had in our current location.
We will be in the shadow of the glorious Holy Virgin Cathedral where many of us go for Vespers and Moleben services.
These photos were taken in Dec. when we had our first tour of the facility. The walls of this lovely chapel were being worked on. We have two spectacular views from our roof-- the domes of Holy Virgin when first entering the roof, and the Golden Gate bridge when turning north.
This is a big move for our tiny community. We pray the Mother of God will continue her protection of us under her Holy Mantle.
The Archdiocese very much wants to see us survive and God willing flourish and grow.
