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The Youth Department of The Diocese of the West exists to encourage and promote Orthodox youth ministry within the Diocese on three levels: diocese, deanery, and local parish. Our vision is to promote youth and young adult ministry in the specific areas of worship, education, fellowship, and service. The Department exists to serve the youth, youth leaders, and clergy in the development of Orthodox youth ministry.
The successful fulfillment of the vision of the Youth Department will depend on the presence of a local youth coordinator in every parish. These youth coordinators will work together on both a local and deanery level to promote youth ministry in their parishes and deanery with the blessing and guidance of their parish priests.
See also: Youth Department of the OCA
Abbess Melania (at Holy Assumption Monastery in Calistoga, CA) has put together fun activity work sheets for children.
The following is the list of available books thus far:
The Three-Day Pascha
https://bookconnect.review/bookDownload.php?id=f3fd76
The Three Holy Youths in the Furnace
https://bookconnect.review/bookDownload.php?id=364874
Pascha at the Duckpond
https://bookconnect.review/bookDownload.php?id=a44a3f
Ascension of Our Lord
https://bookconnect.review/bookDownload.php?id=c69212
Pentecost
Coming Soon
Registration for the Rocky Mountain Deanery 2025 Summer Camp – July 7-10, 2025
Buckhorn Camp 381 Old Camp Rd. • Bellvue, CO 80512
Cost: $240
Contact: Fr Anthony Machnee – director@rmoyc.org – 719-473-9238
St. Eugene’s Orthodox Youth Camp will be held June 21-27, 2026 at the Armenian Camp in Dunlap, CA.
Please contact our Camp Director, Andrew Smith (director@steugenecamp.org) if you have any questions.
You can also follow on Facebook or visit their website: https://www.steugenecamp.org/
An OCA Pacific Northwest Deanery Camp. Tuesday, June 25th – Friday, June 28th, 2024
$200 per camper (cash or check) / $205 per camper (PayPal, see below)
Applications after May 25th will be $250 per camper (cash, check, PayPal)
Camp Contact:
Archpriest Barnabas Powell or Protinica Lela Powell
(425) 686-2127 or email us at:
pnwoyc@gmail.com
Contact Fr. David Morrison in Bozeman, Montana for more information: frdavid@orthodoxbozeman.org
The Diocese of the West is the geographical district of the Orthodox Church in America consisting of the Western United States. The diocese has active parishes in Montana, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. San Francisco is home to the diocese’s cathedral, Holy Trinity, as well as the Chancery offices. The diocese is led by His Grace Vasily, Bishop of San Francisco and the West.
