- 1520 GREEN ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94123
- 415-567-WEST(9378)
- webmaster@dowoca.org
“Behold, I make all things new!” What does the coming of Christ mean for us, today? Please join us for our Annual Advent Retreat: Saturday, December 3, 2022 Reflections and conversations led by: The Very Rev. A...
Calling all youth in the Diocese! Come together with youth from the Rocky Mountain region and enjoy a time of worship, fellowship, Human curling, tubing, broom hockey, games, and much more. The cost is only $100. Please contact Fr. Benjamin a...
“Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it: ‘I, the Lord, have called You in r...
To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Diocese of the West: I have avoided making too many official statements about the war in Ukraine, asking instead that all the parishes and monasteries of our diocese pray for those ...
On Friday afternoon of September 9th, 2022 a wisp of smoke was spotted rising in the not-too-far-distance behind the monastery chapel. It grew rapidly into a column of white, red, and (occasionally) black smoke. Soon, special fire-fighting ai...
The Nativity of the Holy Virgin Church in Menlo Park, CA was established in 1952 – and so we mark our 70th anniversary this year! On Sunday September 11th, parishioners stayed in the hall after Liturgy and fellowship to listen to a special ...
Eminent Russian conductor and choirmaster Vladimir Gorbik taught a two-day masterclass at St. Katherine Orthodox Church in Carlsbad, CA, on August 21-22, 2022. The event attracted 24 participants – church choir directors and singers from no...
On August 23-24, 2022, His Eminence Benjamin, Archbishop of San Francisco and the West, together with His Eminence Nathaniel, Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate, and His Grace Andrei, Bishop of Cleveland (Auxiliary of the Roman...
St. Nicholas of South Canaan Church in Billings, MT is hosting a choral workshop with Talia Maria Sheehan, Oct. 14 - 16, 2022. We would be honored to have you join us in Montana! Mrs. Sheehan is a renowned instructor of Orthodox Choral music, and she...
To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Diocese of the West: This morning, Tuesday, September 6, His Beatitude Metropolitan Herman, former Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada, fell asleep ...
