The Orthodox Christian Education Commission, in conjunction with the Antiochian Archdiocese and the OCA, will conduct their 2009 Orthodox Institute Northern California on September 26 at St Nicholas Cathedral in San Francisco. The Institute will offer two tracks of teacher training, as well as a special session entitled “Sharing Your Faith.”
The 2009 Diocesan Assembly is scheduled to be held at the Protection of the Holy Virgin Church in Santa Rosa, CA from Wednesday, October 14, 2008 through Friday, October 16, 2009. Registration for DELEGATEs, OBSERVERs and invited GUESTs is now open, as well as the Call for Reports.
St. Eugene’s Camp will be taking place this summer July 5-11, 2009 at St. Nicholas Ranch in Dunlap, CA. With the blessing of His Grace Bishop BENJAMIN, St. Eugene’s is inviting all parishes in California to send campers and staff. It is the hope of His Grace that youth from throughout California will take this opportunity to come together for an incredible week of Christian fun fellowship, education, and worship.
May 1st, 2009, marks the fifth anniversary Bishop Benjamin’s consecration to the episcopacy.
St Vladimir’s Seminary , in conjunction with the Orthodox Church in America’s Diaconal Vocations Program, will once again offer a 4-day retreat of practical liturgical training for deacons and lay diaconal candidates at their New York campus.
The Diocesan Council of the Diocese of the West held it’s Spring Quarterly Meeting Tuesday, March 11th, 2009 at the Chancery in San Francisco. Topics of discussion included the Life Giving Springs retreat center and the new Orthodox Christian Capital Improvement Fund (OCCIF).
The 2009 Diocesan Assembly will be held at the Protection of the Holy Virgin Church in Santa Rosa, CA, on October 15-16. The theme of the Assembly will be “OCA Strategic Planning.”
Lazarus House in Port Townsend, WA is seeking an older person who desires to live fully, loving God and neighbor in a small community of other Orthodox Christians.
Bishop Benjamin hosted the 5th Meeting of the Canonical Bishops of the West Coast here at the Chancery of the Diocese of the West on 23 January 2009.
On Tuesday, January 13, 2009, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah and members of the Holy Synod arrived in Mexico City for the installation of His Grace, Bishop Alejo (Alexis) as the first ruling hierarch of the Mexican Exarchate.
