This summer, iconographer Heather MacKean will be conducting a workshop in Eastern Orthodox iconography from August 9th through August 14th at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Portland, Oregon. The workshop will culminate into a public lecture on the last evening, regarding iconology and the theological role of iconography.
Through hands-on classes, Ms. MacKean will teach students [...]
From the Chancellor of the Diocese of the West:
On behalf of His Grace, Bishop Benjamin, I wanted to inform you that Archpriest Kirill Hartman, priest of St. John the Baptist Church in Berkeley, suffered a brain aneurism yesterday (9 June 2010). Last night, he was transferred to the California Pacific Medical Center, where he [...]
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Dunlap, CA – St. Eugene’s Orthodox Youth Camp is announcing its 2010 program from July 4-10. For over 30 years, St. Eugene’s has offered youth ages 6-17 an experience of living and growing in an Orthodox Christian community. Each day’s activities are centered on what it means to live a life in Christ. Activities include [...]
In isolated parishes far from the “centers” of Orthodoxy, one can develop a sense of “functional congregationalism” even while consciously affirming the hierarchical structure of the Church. Then the Holy Synod comes to Liturgy, and you remember who you are.
The clergy of the Rocky Mountain Deanery recently received such a blessing, holding their regular meeting [...]
Sitka’s St Michael Cathedral
Bishop Benjamin will lead a pilgrimage to Alaska from the Diocese of the West this summer. The trip will include the historic capitol of Russian America, Sitka; Anchorage; a wildlife and glacier viewing cruise in Prince William Sound; and Kodiak. The highlight of the trip will be the 40th Anniversary of the [...]
Seventy-five faithful from three Central Coast California parishes welcomed His Grace, Bishop BENJAMIN for the celebration of Feast of the Annunciation at the Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Santa Maria, CA. His Grace presided at both the Vigil on the 24th and the Vesperal Divine Liturgy on the 25th. In addition to the rector of [...]
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God; all things
were made through him, and without him
was not anything made that was made.
In him was life, and the life was the light
of men. The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has [...]
When you live somewhere as sparsely populated and distant from the centers of Orthodoxy as Southern Colorado, you don’t take Pan-Orthodox events for granted. If there are winter storm warnings and travel advisories on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, you still climb into your car with your family and an eager catechumen, and give yourself three [...]
On Tuesday, February 9, the delegation from SCPS traveled through the outskirts of the City of St. Petersburg into what is still known as the Leningrad Region. The first stop was the St. Catherine Church in Murino. The small church was built on what was the estate of the Woronzoff family. Archpriest Nikolai Teterjatnikov and [...]
