St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco Russian Orthodox Mission Church

09/12/2026

Tomorrow Saturday 1 p.m., free showing of "Moses the Black" followed by discussion (and they're fixing the marquee tonight to read St. John Orthodox Church :-)). All are welcome!

09/08/2026

Free showing of the 2026 film "Moses the Black" at the Campus Theatre Sat. 9/12 at 1 p.m. (trailer below), followed by discussion. Starring Omar Epps, Wiz Khalifa, Quavo and Chukwudi Iwuji, it follows the journey of a leader of a gang who questions his lifestyle when he starts engaging with the life and influence of Saint Moses the Black, a fourth-century African desert father who was also once a gang leader, in a conversion experience. All are welcome! Co-hosted by the Bucknell Orthodox Christian community and St. John's Russian Orthodox Mission Church in Winfield. Trailer:

Check out the Moses the Black trailer for this upcoming film starri...

09/07/2026

Homily from today, glory to God!

An homily for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost at St. John’s Russian Orthodox Mission Church in Winfield, PA, by Priest Paul Siewers. Often for events with students at the university I’m asked…

09/05/2026

In case you missed the news (we just saw this from the Standard-Journal from a couple weeks ago). Please join us "under the dome" for services this weekend to worship our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ; Vigil at 4:30 pm today (Sat. 9/5), and Liturgy at 10 a.m. Sunday (9/6, Hours at 9:40). Followed by our coffee-hour education program, this week focused on a model of the Old Testament Tabernacle related to the New Testament Orthodox Church. Then Bible Study at 2:30 at the Bucknell bookstore. All are welcome! Glory to God!

WINFIELD — This past weekend saw the installation of the first onion dome topped by a Slavic cross in the Susquehanna Confluence region, at St. John’s Russian Orthodox Mission Church

09/04/2026

The St. John's coffee-hour education program continues this Sunday after Divine Liturgy, with informal discussion of a model replica of the Old Testament tabernacle, and how it relates to Orthodox Christian worship and architecture (based on Hebrews 9-10 and 13). (Next weekend the topic will be Iconography.) Coffee hour will also feature neighborhood-made Orontes Yogurt. Come for the Agape (love) and most of all its source in the Divine Liturgy of our Lord, which starts at 10 a.m. (Hours at 9:40; Saturday Vigil 4:30). Sunday edification and fellowship will continue also at Bible Study, 2:30 p.m., Bucknell Bookstore. All are welcome!

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

Yesterday Fr Paul of St. John's, together with an Orthodox student from Bucknell, participated in the Pennsylvania Prison Chaplains Association annual conference, at a panel on Orthodox Christianity in prison. Also on the panel were Fr Ignatius from Holy Trinity Church in State College and Subdeacon Herman from Holy Cross in Williamsport. Here is a copy of Fr Paul's remarks.

This is from a talk given by Priest Paul Siewers of St. John’s in Winfield PA at the Pennsylvania Association of Prison Chaplains, on a panel also featuring Priest Ignatius Hunter of Holy Tri…

08/30/2026

Our first coffee-hour education program, given during the last half of fellowship by St. John's member Cuthbert on his pilgrimage to Georgia, with q&a about that ancient Orthodox land where Orthodoxy is also undergoing a resurgence. Glory to God! Next Sunday we plan to have a discussion at coffee hour of the Old Testament tabernacle and how it symbolically foreshadowed elements of Orthodox Christian Churches including our own, focused on a model replica of the Tabernacle. Future topics will include a series on iconography by Reader Luke and a talk on Orthodox approaches to Bible study by member Ephraim. Come and see!