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Mary Ann Khoury, coordinator of “Outreach Alaska,” has traveled to Alaska—Orthodox America’s “Holy Land”—many times since 1999. Over the years, she has assisted individuals in planning personal pilgrimages to...
Hieromonk InnocentSt. John's Monastery, Manton, CA Eighteen years ago, I converted to the Orthodox faith. During my years as an inquirer, I tried to follow the ascetic practices if the Church, including keeping the fast of Great Lent. For the particu...
After years of suffering from chronic pain and other enigmatic symptoms, Matushka Priscilla Shipley was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). According to the MS Society, symptoms of MS are often mistaken for other conditions including Lym...
GREAT LENT 2018 To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Diocese of the West For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Fat...
Facing Provocations, Thoughts, and Temptations: Taking Jesus as Our Guide", led by Monk Cosmas March 16th, 17th, and 18th.Location: Monastery of St. John, 21770 Ponderosa Way, Manton, CA 96059Cost: $125 per person, Couples $200 There are still ...
VANCOUVER, WA [OCA] Funeral services for Matushka Mary Perez, beloved wife of Priest Dimitri Perez, Rector of Holy Apostles Mission, Vancouver, WA, will be celebrated at the Church of the Annunciation, 13515 SE Rusk Road, Milwaukie, OR on Thursday an...
Facing Provocations, Thoughts, and Temptations: Taking Jesus as our Guide Retreat at the Monastery of St John March 16, 17, and 18 2018 led by Fr Cosmas On the fourth Sunday of Great Lent we celebrate St John of the Ladder and his book, the La...
His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin, opened the West Coast Walk for Life in San Francisco on January 26 with prayer. He then led the numerous Orthodox Christians in attendance in supporting life in all forms. Thanks to Subdeacon Johann Morse for pictur...
In brief, the pan-Orthodox molieben is at 11:30 AM in the Civic Center near the corner of Grove and Polk. The Rally commences at 12:30 PM with His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin, Archbishop of the Diocese of San Francisco and the West of the Orthodox C...
On Monday, December 25, 2017, His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the Nativity of Our Lord at Holy Trinity Cathedral in San Francisco. During the Divine Liturgy, Priest Peter Fermeglia was received into the communion o...
