The Nativity of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church located in Menlo Park, California, is a parish in the Diocese of the West of the Orthodox Church in America (the "OCA"), was incorporated in the State of California under the predecessor statute to the Nonprofit Religious Corporation Law, California Corporations Code §§ 9110. The Parish is primarily a spiritual body recognized by the canons and traditions, disciplines and regulations of the OCA. The Parish exists for the purpose of worshiping God according to the Holy Scriptures and Holy Tradition of the Holy Orthodox Church, to encourage union with God among members of the Parish, to provide religious education, charitable aid for the members of the Parish, local community, to defend and promote the Orthodox Christian Faith in America.