Bishop BENJAMIN celebrates Palm Sunday with the faithful of the Holy Virgin Mary Cathedral in Los Angeles.

His grace, Bishop Benjamin, was pleased to spend Lazarus Saturday with the sisters of the Saint Barbara Monastery in Santa Paula, CA.

On the weekend of April 3-5, 2009, His Grace, Bishop Benjamin visited the parish of St. Nicholas of South Canaan, Bishop of Zhicha, in Billings, Montana. At that time, Bishop Benjamin elevated the retired Rev. Fr. John Anderson, former instructor at St. Tikhon’s Seminary, to the rank of Archpriest, and the Very Rev. Fr. John Mancantelli, Rector of St. Nicholas, to the rank of “Jeweled Archpriest.”

The faithful of St. Paul Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, welcomed His Grace, Bishop Benjamin, for an archpastoral visit on March 28-29. During the visit, Reader Jon Failla was ordained to the subdiaconate.

Bishop Benjamin was pleased to celebrate the feast of the Annunciation this year at the Church of the Annunciation in Milwaukie OR.

With the Rocky Mountain Deanery, Monarch Pass, Colorado

St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Church, Las Vegas, Nevada
September 2007

St. Herman of Alaska Mission, Port Townsend, Washington
Consecration of the Temple – September 9, 2007

Sacramento, California – Parish Feast Day 2007

Tacoma, Washington – Bishop BENJAMIN ordains Deacon Irenaeus Williams to the Priesthood, Sept. 9, 2007