Have not been to Alaska or San Francisco, but I did once go to St. Nicholas\' Cathedral in Seattle where St. John Maximovirch reposed. Beautiful place.
The earliest case of anything relating to relics (outside of the Old Testament) is the fact that when St. Ignatius of Antioch was martyred at the Colosseum, the Christians in the area took his remains to the catacombs and placed them on the altar. I believe this started the tradition of relics in the altar.
The only time that I can recall when our parish\'s relics were brought out, was on the feast day of American saints. I believe that we had relics of St. Herman, St. Raphael of Brooklyn and St. John Maximovitch on the analogion to venerate.
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