SANTA ROSA, California

On October 3, 2025, after the one-day conference dedicated to the Centennial Anniversary of Pilgrimage to Fort Ross held at Saint Seraphim of Sarov Cathedral in Santa Rosa, CA, many of the clergy and faithful to the 5-10 minute drive to Saints Peter and Paul Church on Stoney Point Road.

From 4:30 pm, vespers and matins were performed in honor of the Apodosis of the Feast of the Elevation of the Honorable Cross of the Lord and Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow. His Beatitude Metropolitan TIKHON, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All of America and Canada, Metropolitan MAXIMILLAN of Irkutsk and Angar (MP), His Eminence DANIEL, Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest (OCA), His Grace VASILY of San Francisco and the West (OCA), and His Grace JAMES, Bishop of Sonora (ROCOR) were present in prayer with many clergy and people who had participated in the conference.

After the Divine Service, the Father Rector of the parish, Archpriest Alexander Krassovsky and the Sisterhood prepared dinner for the hierarchs and their guests.