Feast of the Academy: the opening of the relics of St. John

Congratulations on the feast of our Academy! Below are some resources to read and watch about our patron saint, St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco. We wish you all a blessed feast day, and look forward to the time when we can gather together as a community to celebrate!

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Here is a link to an article about the opening of the relics of St. John, our patron saint. This event took place 27 years ago, and was the impetus for the founding of our Academy.

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Here is a short video about the life of our patron saint, told in drawings.

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This video was produced on the 50th Anniversary of St. John’s Repose by the Media Department of the Western American Diocese of ROCOR.