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P R O G R A M - D E T A I L
XI WORLD RUSSIAN ORTHODOX YOUTH CONFERENCE
San Francisco, June 25—July 3, 2004


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4:00 PM Registration at the
Cathedral & Myako Inn
7:00 PM Light reception (get acquainted) in Cathedral hall

7:15 AM Buses depart Myako Inn
8:00 AM Divine Liturgy
9:30 AM Breakfast
10:30 AM Molieben
11:00 AM Conference opening. Archbishop Kyrill - opening remarks.Welcome by the Chairman of the Conference Organizing Committee.
11:30 PM Lecture 1:
“Who was St. John?” - Vladimir Krassovsky (SanFrancisco).
1:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Lecture 2: “Life’s Choices: There is a Right and a Wrong” - Archpriest Gabriel Makarov (St. Nicholas Cathedral, Brisbane, Australia)
4:00 PM Free time & preparation for Vigil
5:30 PM Molieben to St. John before his relics
6:00 PM Vigil with antiphonal singing: women’s and men's kliros
- George Skok & Elena Perekrestov
9:00 PM Dinner
10:00 PM Return to Myako Inn

8:15 AM Buses depart Myako Inn
9:00 AM Divine Liturgy
12:00 noon Brunch
1:00 PM Outing (sports/games/social-izing) to Golden Gate Park
6:30 PM Seafood dinner on the Bay
8:00 PM Free evening
10:00 PM Return to Myako Inn - buses from Pier 39 to Myako & Cathedral

 

7:15 AM Buses depart Myako Inn
8:00 AM Divine Liturgy
9:30 AM Breakfast
10:15 AM Lecture 3:
“Truth is Beauty - Beauty is Truth”
-Elena Perekrestov (San Francisco).
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 Pm Workshops/Panels
3:00 PM Free time/choir rehearsal
for singers
6:00 PM Dinner
7:00 PM Lecture 4:
“Drugs, Promiscuity and Our Choices” - Priest John McCuen (Holy Archangels Church, Phoenix, Arizona).
9:30 PM Return to Myako Inn

7:15 AM Buses depart Myako Inn
8:00 AM Divine Liturgy
9:30 AM Breakfast
10:15 AM Lecture 5:
“Time to Come Out of the Underground - Being Orthodox in Russia Today” - Archpriest Maxim Kozlov
(Saint Tatiana Chapel, Moscow State University, Russia)
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PMWorkshops/Panels
3:00 PM Free time/choir rehearsal
for singers
6:00 PM Dinner
7:00 PM Rehearsal: Youth Conference Choir together with Cathedral choir
8:00 PM Beach bonfire
10:30 PM Return to Myako Inn

7:15 AM Buses depart Myako Inn
7:30 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM Day trip to Northern California
10:00 AM Armstrong Woods (California Redwoods)
12:00 PM Fort Ross - outdoor lunch
1:00 PM Lecture 6:
“The Historical Legacy of the Western American Diocese” -
Archpriest Yaroslav Belikow (Holy Virgin Cathedral, San Francisco)
2:00 PM Procession to cemetery & Memorial Service; tour of Ft. Ross
& free time.
4:00 PM Departure for Santa Rosa
5:30 PM Vespers at St. Peter & Paul Church in Santa Rosa
6:30 PM Dinner at St. Peter & Paul parish hall
8:30 PM Return to San Francisco (Cathedral & Myako)

7:15 AM Buses depart Myako Inn to
St. Tikhon's church
7:45 AM Divine Liturgy (St. Tikhon's church) & brief tour of St. John's cell
9:45 AM Breakfast
10:30 AM Lecture 7:
“Confessing Christ in Our Lives”-
Nun Amvrosia (Jerusalem)
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Workshops/Panels
3:00 PM Free time/choir rehearsal
for singers
6:00 PM Dinner
7:00 PM Talent night
10:00 PM Return to Myako Inn

7:15 PM Buses depart Myako Inn
8:00 PM Divine Liturgy
9:30 PM Breakfast
10:15 PM Lecture 8:
“How We Can and Should Serve
the Church”
- George Skok (Toronto, Canada).
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Concluding Panel Discussion
2:30 PM Free time
3:30 PM Talk before Confession - Archpriest Gabriel Makarov; Rule before Communion (with Akathist before the Kursk-Root Miracle-Working Icon) & Confession.
5:00 PM Dinner
6:00 PM All-Night Vigil - Feast of St. John, Wonderworker of Shanghai
& San Francisco
10:00 PM Return to Myako Inn

8:15 AM Buses depart Myako Inn
9:00 AM Greeting of His Eminence Metropolitan Laurus. Divine Liturgy.
10-th Anniversary of St. John’s Glorification; Procession & Molieben
1:30 PM Feastday Banquet; closing of the XI World Russian Orthodox Youth Conference.