Commemorative Medal

"In the memory of our fathers who left their motherland forever."  These words on this remarkable medal commemorate the 90th year anniversary of The Great Exodus of the White Russians from Vladivostok, October 22, 1922.  

The artist is Kyra Tatarinoff, she and her husband Peter are members of the Russian Historical Society in Sydney, Australia.  Peter's father, Sergei Tatarenoff, participated in this historical event.   After spending come time in the Philippines, when the opportunity came to immigrate to Australia, he took it.   This would be his new country and final home.

Holy Trinity Cathedral

The oldest Russian Orthodox parish in the western United States, founded in 1868.  The cathedral was built in 1909 by the late Patriarch Tikhon of Russia, then Arch Bishop of San Francisco, after the original structure was destroyed during the 1906 earthquake.   Expanded in 1934, restored and remodeled in 1979.   

Father Sakovich

                 
         

          Credit: Masha Sakovich

10 Year Reunion Photo

Picture taken in 1933, showing passengers of the USAT Merritt celebrating the ten year anniversary of arrival on July 1, 1923.