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6200 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 668-5218

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The Church of Our Lady of Kazan is one of the most beautiful representations of Russian Orthodox Christian art and architecture in the region. One young visitor to our parish stood in awe and said, ‘It’s like being in a jewel box’. Such beauty dedicated to God, draws souls toward Heaven. Our church was established by Russian Émigrés in 1949 and is consecrated in the name of Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Virgin Mary that was discovered in the town of Kazan, Russian, in the 16th century. Through this icon, God’s grace has been shown through many miracles at important periods in the history of Holy Russia. Our church is also dedicated as a memorial to the Royal Martyrs of Russia; Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexander and their children, Grand Prince Alexi, the Grand Duchesses Olga Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Much miss-understood in the non-Orthodox and secular West, the Royal Martyrs are lifted up by the Church as examples of humility and patient suffering. They are much revered by Orthodox Christians. It is through the prayers of the Martyrs the Church of Christ grows and is strengthened. Our parish celebrated two parish feast days each year. Our Lady of Kazan on November 4th and the Royal Martyrs on July 17th.

The Holy Virgin Cathedral Bookstore, established in the 1960s, is an integral part of the Holy Virgin Community of San Francisco. It has a rich history of providing Orthodox books, icons and other items for sale to visitors of the Cathedral of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”. Since the Glorification of Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco in 1994, the Bookstore has been the main provider of products relating to one of the most popular Orthodox Saints of the 20th century. Each year thousands of pilgrims flock to our Cathedral from all over the globe to venerate the holy relics of Saint John. Most of these guests will also stop by our Bookstore to purchase St. John products knowing they are supporting the Cathedral.

The forty-voice Holy Virgin Cathedral Choir sings at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the same name. The choir consists primarily of Russian singers who have immigrated to the United States from Russia, China, and various European countries. It has been formed into a well-tuned instrument by the artistry of Mikhail S. Konstantinov, who had vast experience as an opera singer and conductor of a Cathedral Choir, the Symphony, and the Opera in Kiev. This artistry prompted the San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen to write of the choir that it is "...the best church choir in town. OPERATIC!" The choir has sung many concerts in the Bay Area with such great artists as Metropolitan Opera tenor Nicolai Gedda. Retiring in 1979, Konstantinov, turned over the choir to his young student Vladimir Krassovsky, who has kept prominent the high quality of singing and artistry within the chorus. Vladimir Krassovsky studied piano under V.N. Kostevich for thirteen years. Continuing his musical education at San Francisco State University, Mr. Krassovsky was also tutored by Mikhail Konstantinov in conducting and in the art of Russian choral singing. Becoming conductor of the Saints Cyril and Methodius Youth Choir in 1970, Mr. Krassovsky built it from a ten-voice to a strong seventy-voice chorus. Mr. Krassovsky relinquished his post in 1979 upon his appointment to the Holy Virgin Cathedral Choir.

The Black House was a building that formerly stood at 6114 California St. in San Francisco, California, in the United States. The house was used by Anton LaVey as the headquarters of his Church of Satan from 1966 until his death in 1997. LaVey conducted Satanic seminars and rituals at the house; one of the most notorious such rituals was the Satanic baptism of his daughter Zeena Schreck in 1967, punctuated by LaVey speaking the words "Hail Zeena! Hail Satan!" over the nude body of a female acting as the 'Satanic Altar'.Public ceremonies were performed at the house until 1972. LaVey lost ownership of the house in 1991 as the result of a court settlement resulting from his separation from Diane Hegarty, but LaVey was allowed to reside at the Black House until his death.Following LaVey's death, members of the Church of Satan unsuccessfully attempted to raise funds to repurchase the house, and it was demolished on October 17, 2001. A duplex now stands in its place.Though the building is sometimes referred to as a mansion, photographs of the building taken just before its destruction show that it was a moderately sized single family home, considerably smaller than the two small apartment buildings on either side of the property. According to public records, it was listed at 2205sqft and constructed in the year 1905.

Lands End is a park in San Francisco within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is a rocky and windswept shoreline at the mouth of the Golden Gate, situated between the Sutro District and Lincoln Park and abutting Fort Miley Military Reservation. A memorial to the USS San Francisco stands in the park. Numerous hiking trails follow the former railbeds of the Ferries and Cliff House Railway along the cliffs and also down to the shore.The most-traveled trail in Lands End is the Coastal Trail, a section of the California Coastal Trail that follows the railbed of the old Cliff House Railway. This trail is handicap-accessible until the Mile Rock Overlook, and bike accessible until the Eagles Point steps. A spur trail takes users to Mile Rock Point and Mile Rock Beach, which offer views of the Golden Gate.Additionally, Lands End contains the ruins of the Sutro Baths. Other historic sites include numerous shipwrecks, which are visible at low tides from the Coastal Trail and Mile Rock.A visitor center, Lands End Lookout, opened on April 28, 2012.HistoryThe Yelamu Ohlone tribe lived at Lands End before Spanish settlement began in 1776. After the Gold Rush, entrepreneurs designed the new Cliff House as a fashionable resort for the wealthy. A private company constructed a brand new road called Point Lobos Avenue. By the 1860s, a horse-drawn stagecoach made the trip every Sunday from crowded downtown San Francisco out Lands End. During the 1880s, millionaire Adolph Sutro constructed a passenger steam train from downtown to Lands End for the affordable fare of 5¢.

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