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His Grace Bishop BENJAMIN has announced that a meeting was held on November 12 and 13, 2007, among Orthodox Hierarchs. The Greek Orthodox, Antiochian Orthodox, and Serbian Orthodox hierarchs, and Bishop BENJAMIN, met together in Los Angeles with area deans to discuss the upcoming celebration of the Divine Liturgy at St. Sophia Cathedral, Los Angeles, [...]

A Christian education mini-conference will be held at Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church in Portland, OR, on Saturday, December 8, 2007.  The conference will begin at noon. Mtka. Valerie Zahirsky, co-chair of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of ChristianEducation, will be the featured speaker.  The theme of the mini-conference is “Helping Young People Develop an [...]

CLICK HERE for a copy of the service, “Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos Honored in Her Icon of ‘The Unburnt Bush’”.

Orthodox Bay Area Youth Retreat & Service Project
“The Psalm 104 Project” – October 26-27, 2007

His Grace Bishop BENJAMIN has asked the Diocese of the West to create a special charitable fund for families affected by the wildfires spreading throughout southern California. All parishes and institutions of the Diocese of the West are directed to take a special offering on each of the next two Sundays.
Father Alexander Federoff from our [...]

A letter from His Grace Bishop BENJAMIN:
I just got off the phone with Archpriest Alexander Federoff of St. John of Damascus Church in Poway. He and his family are safe but not able to return to their home so far. We do know Kon and Birdie Worth have lost their home and everything in it. [...]

There is much of interest in the sad scandals plaguing our Church, in the east and in the north. Dire warnings of doom, betrayals, and speculations of perverse motives are all over the Internet and discussed widely. Undoubtedly there was egregious misappropriation of funds. While these issues are serious, and profoundly affect peoples’ lives, they need not color the life of the whole Church.

Interview with His Grace, Bishop BENJAMIN
Published in the Autumn 2007 edition of The Orthodox Vision Magazine

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