Church of the Annunciation Milwaukie (Portland), Oregon October 8-10, 2010 With the blessing of His Grace, Bishop Benjamin, the Diocese of the West is hosting a practicum for deacons and those studying for future service in the Holy Diaconate October 8-10 at the Church of Annunciation in Milwaukie, Oregon. Archdeacon Kirill Sokolov, coordinator of the [...]
by Archpriest David Lowell I don’t mind saying I dreaded my first trip to the Deanery Summer Youth Camp and was surprised by what I found – one of the best outdoor youth camp experiences in the Orthodox Church today. I watched the camp with fresh eyes, having arrived from San Francisco only two months [...]
It was a great joy for St. Juvenaly Mission to host Bishop BENJAMIN from July 30th to August 2nd. Some faithful members of the mission drove in from as far from Hilo bearing fresh lychees from their orchard (a five hour round trip) to visit with his Grace, and our community was blessed to have [...]
The St. Seraphim of Sarov church in Santa Rosa is architecturally a Traditional Orthodox temple, with a dome, arches, cross shaped transepts, an apse, columns, and a back wall, all arranged so that the saints and the feasts could be painted on the walls in the Traditional manner. The interior of the Church was designed around the fresco scheme.
(c) 2010 Danny Demers – Reprinted with permission See also, The Bells of Fort Ross on our website by the same author: http://dowoca.org/2010/the-bells-of-fort-ross/ Mark Galperin, an international authority on Russian bells, has asked the Fort Ross Interpretative Association to modify the Fort Ross Chapel’s belfry. Additionally, he has asked the Association to add a series [...]
His Grace, Bishop Benjamin, made a visit to the Protection of the Holy Virgin Parish in Santa Rosa, CA., on Monday July 19, 2010 to celebrate the summer feast of St. Seraphim of Sarov. His Grace was welcomed by the rector of the parish, Archpriest Lawrence Margitich, and seven other priests and two deacons. After the hierarchical vesting, Reader Roman Katyshev, recently arrived from St. Petersburg, Russian, was ordained a subdeacon, and then later in the Liturgy was ordained to the Holy Diaconate.
Alexis Liberovsky, the National Archivist of the Orthodox Church in America, will be traveling in California to make a presentation on the key people, events and documents that have shaped the OCA’s life from the Alaskan mission in 1794 to the granting of autocephaly in 1970 and beyond, through to the North American Episcopal Assembly, [...]
On July 17 and 18, the faithful of St. Elizabeth Mission in Poulsbo, WA were delighted to have His Grace Bishop Benjamin join them for the celebration of their patronal feast and the 10th anniversary of the mission in Poulsbo, the first and only Orthodox church Kitsap County. In June of 2000, the then unnamed [...]
Registration for the 2010 Diocesan Assembly, scheduled to be held at the St. John of Damascus Church in Poway, CA from Tuesday, October 19, 2010 through Thursday, October 21, 2010, is now open. Rectors will register all Delegates, while Observers, with their rector’s blessing, will complete the online form themselves. Delegate Books will be available after September 15, but the proposed changes to the diocesan by-laws is posted at the bottom of this page.
Hesperia, CA – Matushka Jeanette Seamore, wife of Priest Gabriel Seamore, rector of Saint George the Great Martyr Church here, fell asleep in the Lord after a lengthy illness July 29, 2010. Matushka Jeanette will lie in state at Saint George Church, 17323 Main Street, Hesperia, on Friday, August 6. A Panikhida will be celebrated [...]
