Nativity of the Holy Virgin Church

Orthodox Church in America • Diocese of the West

Pacific Central Deanery

📍 Menlo Park, California

Founded 1950

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In 1950, a small group of people - including those who had come from Harbin, China and from Europe - met in a building in Palo Alto, CA to discuss the establishment of a Russian Orthodox parish in Menlo Park.  This group included Prince and Princess Vasily Romanov, M/M D Shvetzoff, M/M A Saharoff, M/M P Victors, M/M S Obeenoff, M/M D Smolentzoff, M/M M Halus, M/M M Riabyk, M/M V Tchelistcheff, M/M B Volkov, M/M Stollars, Elizabeth Joukov and Mrs A Witte.  The same year, the St Elizabeth Sisterho...

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Founded: 1950

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