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Храм Святых
Жён Мироносиц
Сакраменто, Калифорния
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Holy Myrrhbearing Women Church
833 Water Street,
West Sacramento, CA 95605
Tel: (916) 371-1041
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Благочинный храма
(временно и. о. настоятеля)
Priest in Charge
V. Rev. Fr. Basil Rhodes
West Sacramento, CA
Rectory phone: (916) 371 1041
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Староста
Church Warden
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Вице
Председатель
Церковного Совета,
Татьяна Бентлей
Vice Chairman of the Church
Council,
Tatiana Bentley
Email: tatianabentley@att.net
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Казначей прихода,
Сергей Кибич
Treasurer of the parish,
Sergey Kybych
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Секретарь,
Елена Хейлман
Secretary of the parish,
Elena Heilman
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Финансовый Секретарь,
Ольга Симонс
Financial Secretary,
Olga Simons
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Старшая Сестра,
Вера Демчук
Head of Ladies Auxiliary,
Vera Demchuk
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Регент хора,
Таня Скотт
Choir Director
Tanya Scott
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Менеджер церковного здания,
Андрей Пирс
Manager of the Church Building
Andrew Pierce
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Driving Directions
Holy Myrrhbearing
Women Church
is located in the Bryte area of West Sacramento, California. The Church itself is
located approximately 3
miles from downtown Sacramento.
From Interstate 80
Take the Reed Ave exit and turn right.
Traveling a half-mile west on Reed Ave turn left on Solano St.
Once on Solano St make a left turn at the first intersection which
is Hobson Ave.
Travel one block down Hobson
Ave to Water St.
Holy Myrrhbearing
Women Church is located on the corner of Hobson Ave and Water St.
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Parish
Background
Around 1910 Russian and other
Slavic immigrants began moving to the Sacramento
River to an area known as Riverbank. (In 1915 the area would
be re-named Bryte and then in 1987 would be
incorporated and known as West Sacramento.) These early immigrants were
lured to the area by work for the railroad, food processing plants, and
agriculture. Wanting more than material fulfillment these early
immigrants began to look for spiritual fulfillment. They found that Sacramento had a
Greek Orthodox Church and began to attend the services. However, they
missed their Slavic traditions and customs.
In the early twenties waves of Russian immigrants began to arrive at San Francisco and the Sacramento area, especially Bryte. These immigrants, also lured by work and the
fact that there was already an established Russian settlement, came from China and Canada. Soon after the
arrival of the first of these waves inspiration came of forming a parish
and building an Church. In 1925 a blessing was
received from Archbishop Alexei for the building of a church and forming
a parish. Money was quickly collected to buy land on the corner of Hobson Ave
and Water St. Solicitations were made to various Sacramento businesses for funds and
building materials.
While the Church was being built a blessing was received from Archbishop
Alexei to hold services at the home of the prominent parishioner Afanasy L Cote. One of the first resolutions made by
the parish was that parishioner labor only was to be used. Many
parishioners who worked on the railroad took advantage of their position
and with the permission of their supervisors began using railroad
equipment and materials to build the Church. Women played a major role in
the building of the Church--they were not only involved with fundraising,
but also the actual construction of the Church. These "Lady
Builders" inspired Fr Vladimir Sakovich to
suggest the name Holy Myrrhbearing Women for the Church. Fr Vladimir
served from 1925-1927.
The first permanent Rector was Archimandrite John (Zlobin)
who served from 1927-1933. It was under his supervision that the building
of the Church was completed. From 1933-1943 Archimandrite Polycarp (Filatoff) served as Rector. Under his supervision in
1940 an adjacent lot was purchased. A rectory was also bought in the
1930s with money donated by Fr Polycarp. On December 15, 1943,
Archimandrite Polycarp fell asleep in the Lord. Archimandrite Varnava (Karateev) became
the Rector from 1943-1952 and under his supervision a parish hall was
built in 1948 and finished in 1949. The parish hall was built on land
bought under the direction of Fr Polycarp.
Shortly after the end of World War II a new immigration of Russians came
to the Sacrament area from war ravaged China
and Europe. This immigration increased
the size of the Parish greatly.
Starting in the early 1990s, a new immigration of Russians, Ukrainians
and Belo-Russians began to arrive in the Sacramento Metropolitan area.
Even though the majority of these immigrants are zealous Protestants,
some are Orthodox. Like Russian immigrants before them they also felt a
need for spiritual fulfillment and found their way to Holy Myrrhbearing
Church.
In 2005 the Parish of Holy Myrrhbearing Women celebrated 80 years!
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