Welcome to St. John the Baptist Cathedral
St. John the Baptist Cathedral is a church in the Diocese of the Western American Diocese for the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America and was established in September of 1954. We are located at 900 Baker Street, San Francisco, California. Our parish priest is Very Reverend Djurica Gordic. Visitors are always welcome to join us each Sunday to learn more about our Orthodox Faith and Serbian Culture.
Divine Liturgy - Sunday's at 10:30 am, Church School at 11:30 am
Saint Gregory Palamas
St. Gregory Palamas — Gregory’s father was an eminent official at the court of the Emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus. The gifted Gregory, completing his secular studies, did not want to go into imperial service at court, but withdrew to the Holy Mountain and became a monk, living in asceticism at Vatopedi and the Great Lavra. He waged war against the heretic Barlaam, and finally overcame him. He was consecrated Metropolitan of Salonica in 1347, being glorified both as an ascetic and a theologian, both as a hierarch and a wonderworker. He was the defender of the Hesychasts.
