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To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Diocese of the West: And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either...
Dates: Friday, November 11th - Sunday, November 13th Location: Monastery of St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco 21770 Ponderosa Way, Manton, CA 96059 The Diocese of the West, OCA, offers this retreat for priest's wives, deacon...
On August 15, 2022, the Feast of The Dormition (“Falling Asleep”) of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West led the annual celebration of the patronal feast day o...
July 20th, 2022 Hilton Inner Harbor Hotel Baltimore, MD The Diocese of the West held its annual assembly on July 20th at the site of the 20th All American Council in Baltimore, MD. As at any assembly, minutes from the previous assemb...
Holy Synod elects His Grace Bishop Daniel as Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest. On Monday, July 18, a few hours before the opening of the 20th All-American Council, the Diocese of the Midwest convened a special assembly, under the presidency o...
By: Joseph Candelario | July 16th, 2022 On Pentecost Sunday, June 12th, 2022, twelve young men and women from across the nation and representing multiple Orthodox jurisdictions gathered at the Monastery of St John Maximovitch near Man...
By: Genevieve Nielsen | July 9th, 2022 St. Eugene’s Orthodox Youth Camp offers an amazing opportunity to meet new people from different parishes and form bonds that will last a lifetime. St. Eugene’s can be found at the Armenian W...
By: Archpriest Kirill Sokolov, Holy Trinity Cathedral, San Francisco, California | July 4th, 2022 The auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of the West, His Grace, Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa, led clergy and faithful from all over the Bay Ar...
By: Priest Gregory Matlak, St. Christina of Tyre Orthodox Church, Fremont, California | June 25th, 2022 Dearly loved brothers and sisters in Christ, On June 22, 2022, a small group of parishioners from St. Christina’s, parishion...
“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place” (Acts 2:1). On Saturday evening, June 11, and the morning of Sunday, June 12, the Cathedral of the Diocese of the West celebrated the grea...
