1,264
edits
Changes
no edit summary
==Life==
Born John Dabovich (Jovan (JohnDabović) Dabovich in San Francisco, California on [[June 21]], 1863, to Serbian immigrant parents from Sassovae, Serbia, [[Archimandrite]] Sebastian grew up with the church in San Francisco where his parents operated a store. After finishing high school he served his [[parish]] as a [[reader]] and teacher.
In 1884, he was assigned to assist at [[Cathedral_of_St._Michael_the_Archangel_(Sitka,_Alaska)|St. Michael's Cathedral in Sitka, Alaska]] before he was sent to Russia to prepare for a life as a [[missionary]] [[priest]]. After three years of study at the [[St. Petersburg Theological Academy|St. Petersburg]] and [[Kiev Theological Academy|Kiev Theological Academies]], John was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] in 1887 with the name Sebastian and [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]]. Following his ordination, Dn. Sebastian returned to San Francisco where he served as deacon at the San Francisco [[cathedral]]. He also taught at the pastoral school in San Francisco.
