St. Seraphim of Sarov
St. Seraphim of Sarov is a Russian Orthodox church at 315 Canyon del Rey Boulevard in Seaside, CA 93955. It is one of 35 churches in Seaside.
Founded by a devoted Orthodox Christian, our parish is committed to preserving the sacred traditions and teachings of the Orthodox Church. Rooted in observance of the Russian Orthodox feasts, we honor the liturgical calendar, celebrating the Divine services that have been served for centuries.
Founded in 1950 by Russian émigrés, our parish is part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), and our ruling bishop is His Grace, Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America. Our founders, who worked at the Army Language School (now the Defense Language Institute) in Monterey, established our community in order to preserve and celebrate the Russian Orthodox feasts and traditions. Since then, we have grown into a welcoming parish that carries on the Orthodox Faith in all its beauty and depth.
Serving since 1950
315 Canyon del Rey Boulevard, Seaside, CA, 93955Website: https://stseraphims.org/
St. Seraphim of Sarov is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 177 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across California — 2,098 across the United States on The Church Map.
Orthodoxy has carried the worship of the ancient church essentially unbroken since the first centuries, and it has never let the rest of us settle for a gospel that only forgives — it insists God intends to make his people like himself. Its liturgy, its icons, and its theology of the Trinity are wells the whole church keeps returning to.
Find St. Seraphim of Sarov on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around St. Seraphim of Sarov
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.9%
- Child Poverty: 33.1% (15.1–51.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 21.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.6%
- Poverty Rate: 20.4% (12.4–28.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 17.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.9% (7.4–18.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Seaside city is served by 19 churches — about one congregation for every 1,245 residents.
Churches near St. Seraphim of Sarov
- Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.3 mi away in Monterey, CA
- Monterey Assembly of God Chuch — 0.3 mi away in Monterey, CA
- Building Bridges Ministry;Christian Memorial Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Monterey Korean Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Seaside Hispanic Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Hays Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Church of the Oaks — 0.6 mi away in Del Rey Oaks, CA
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church — 2.9 mi away in Monterey, CA
- Annunciation Antiochian Orthodox Mission Church Monterey — 3 mi away in Monterey, CA
See all churches in Seaside, CA · All churches in California