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A Lenten Reflection on Prayer By: Fr. Lawrence Russell | April 5th, 2021 In all three of the Sundays of Great Lent commemorating individual saints—St. Gregory Palamas, St. John Climacus and St. Mary of Egypt—the theme of prayer is f...
To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Diocese of the West: His Eminence Archbishop BENJAMIN has named the Gobezie Goshu House in Ethiopia as the designated Diocesan Lenten Charity in 2021. Please read the two letters below, one...
A Homily on Forgiveness Sunday 2021 By: Fr. Basil Rhodes | March 14th, 2021 In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit! The Lord took a handful of dust from the earth. He breathed into it and created me, a living ma...
Last year we did not get to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in America quite like we anticipated we would. As the pandemic comes to an end, the Diocese of the West will be publishing a series of...
To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of the Diocese of the West: But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse. But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours becom...
To the Reverend Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of the West, Recent days have brought promising news concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects it has on society. There seems to be a hope that all Americans can be vaccinated within the next...
By Fr. Andreas Blom It has been over five months since the devastating Almeda Fire, which destroyed significant parts of Talent and Phoenix, OR. Thousands of people were affected, many left homeless. We received generous donations from across ...
Clergy and faithful from throughout the diocese safely gathered for the annual blessing of waters. Below are some galleries of the events: ...
On Thursday, December 31, 2020, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America has issued an encyclical entitled, “We Rejoice Even in Tribulation”: An Encyclical of Hope. This work, done out of love and gratitude for the faithful...
To the Reverend Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of the West, [su_spacer size="15"] [su_spacer size="15"] In that day, declares the LORD, I will gather the lame; I will assemble the exiles and those I have brought to grief. I will make t...
