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“By descending into Hell, He made Hell captive. He embittered it when it tasted of His flesh. And Isaiah, foretelling this, did cry: Hell, said he, was embittered, when it encountered You in the lower regions. It was embittered, for it was abol...
ASTORIA, NY [EOCS] — The Eastern Orthodox Committee on Scouting [EOCS] is offering up to two $1,000.00 scholarships to Orthodox Christian scouts who demonstrate love of God and the Orthodox Christian Faith through their service, scholarship, le...
February 26th, 2019 The Diocese of the West Administrative Assistant Office has been enjoying a new location at the DOW's Duboce property in San Francisco these past couple of months! Once His Eminence, Archbishop BENJAMIN realized his father would h...
Orthodox 360 will be conducting 360 Tours for churches in the greater San Francisco and Los Angeles areas in June and July of this year. As this is its first trip to the West Coast, the company is very interested in doing as ...
March 17th, 2019 Holy Trinity Cathedral, San Francisco, CA His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon visited Holy Trinity Cathedral for Vespers on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. From the bell tower, the murmurings of spring daylight made the San Francisco sunset a...
Sunday March 17th, 2019 St Seraphim Cathedral, Santa Rosa, CA The parishioners of St. Seraphim Cathedral in Santa Rosa, California received an extra measure of grace on the Sunday of Orthodoxy when His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, visite...
Saturday March 16th, 2019 Walking to St Nicholas Church in San Anselmo for Sunday of Orthodoxy vigil, things were the same but different. It would be the same vigil, sung by the same choir in the same way, in the same building, in the same time of ye...
St Michael Orthodox Church in Concord, CA will be hosting two retreats during this lenten season! The first, on Saturday April 6th, will be for women only, with Mother Macrina Roeber as keynote speaker The second, on Saturday April 13th, for men only...
GREAT LENT 2019 To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Diocese of the West Dearly beloved, Each year, we are given ample “warning” that Great Lent is approaching. The Church, for weeks, begins to move our minds to the effor...
Many wonderful homilies have been delivered on Christ’s parable of the Publican and the Pharisee. Truly, this short teaching is a fruitful source of much wisdom.&nbs...
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.
