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St. Sava Church in Jackson, California is a parish of the [[Serbian_Orthodox_Church_in_North_and_South_America|Serbian Orthodox Church]] and holds the distinction of being the first Serbian Orthodox Church to be established in the United States or the Western Hemisphere. Originally part of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Mission to North America]], they would send a priest by the name of [[Sebastian (Dabovich)|Sebastian Dabovich]], who was determined to see the Orthodox faith established in the "New World" and was instrumental to St. Sava's establishment. The church was finished in 1894. St. Sava has operated continuously since its founding, and, since 1962 has operated a "Mission Foundation" to expand St. Sava's ministry through projects such as the purchase and establishment of a campground, care of the elderly, and support to historic churches.

St. Sava itself is a fairly small church, originally designed to accomodate 50-60 people (though a vestibule was added to the narthex at some point). The style is traditionally Serbian. Although much of the church remains essentially the same, the church originally had an "onion-dome" cupola, but this was taken down in 1930, and replaced with the straight tower seen today. Also, as is tradition in many Orthodox churches, it was built with no pews, though pews were installed in 1969. A residence was built along with the church, but was torn down in the 1950s.