Unexpected Pilgrimage to San Francisco

Measuring One’s Life in Visits to the Foggy Town

I have been to San Francisco six times, and three of those visits have been bound up with major church events. My very first trip was in 1994, for the glorification of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco. At the time, I was working as an editor for Pravoslavnaia Rus’, the Russian-language biweekly published by Holy Trinity Monastery, and the Editor-i…