St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral

About this church

St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is an Orthodox parish at 4001 17th Street NW, founded in 1949 by St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco. The October 2026 schedule shows an English-language Hours and Divine Liturgy on Sundays at 7:40 a.m. and a Church Slavonic Hours and Liturgy at 10:10 a.m. Vigil is served Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. and Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Feast days add weekday liturgies, so the full schedule on the website should be checked before a visit. The site is published in both Russian and English.

Parish life includes a Church Slavonic choir and an English choir, a Russian-language Sunday school, a children's dance group, scouts, online catechetical talks and discussions about the Orthodox faith on weekday evenings, and the annual Russian Bazaar. Volunteers help with the kitchen, building tasks, and charitable work. The site offers a first-visit page for newcomers, a guided tour of the cathedral, and information on its shrines and icons, including relics of saints. Visitors can reach the cathedral from the Columbia Heights and Cleveland Park Metro stations by taking the D60 bus along 16th Street.

Researched from the church’s official website and reviewed October 5, 2026. Sources: Service schedule, parish groups, contact and transit

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