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Repost from: https://wadiocese.org/news/1069/fundraiser-new-windows-for-the-chapel-at-fort-rossThe joint committee, comprising members of the Western American Diocese (ROCOR) and the Diocese of the West (OCA), who are organizing the Cent...
Friday, Nov. 7 - Sunday, Nov. 9 It is a joy that our Diocese offers us a retreat for priest's wives, deacon's wives, and widowed of the same for a third year in a row! This will be a low-key, quiet weekend with prayer and fellowship as the ...
Thriving Parishes Project Retreat, Phoenix, AZ | July 14, 2025 | Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, AZ Close to 50 people gathered in Phoenix in advance of the All-American Council to participate in the Diocese’s Thriving Parishes Projec...
REMARKS by Fr. John Dresko Retirement of Archbishop Benjamin 15 July 2025 Your Beatitude, Esteemed Hierarchs, Reverend Clergy, Beloved Brothers and Sisters: We gather today to celebrate the life, ministry, and retirement of my beloved...
July 16, 2025 Arizona Grand Resort Phoenix, AZ On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, during the 21st All-American Council in Phoenix, AZ, the Diocese of the West convened a Special Diocesan Assembly under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropoli...
July 16, 2025 Arizona Grand Resort Phoenix, AZ Following the official retirement of His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin on Tuesday, July 15, Locum Tenens Metropolitan Tikhon called a Nominating Assembly of the Diocese of the West to order ...
July 15, 2025 Holy Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir Dear Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters in Christ: This evening, I received official notice from His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, informing all...
ADF attorneys file suit on behalf of the Orthodox Church in America and Orthodox Churches, priests over state law that violates constitutional rights SPOKANE, Wash. – On behalf of Orthodox Churches and priests, Alliance Defending Freedom attorne...
San Francisco, CA — The following letter was sent by US Mail to rectors in the Diocese of the West on May 1, 2025: To the Very Reverend and Reverend Cathedral Deans, Rectors, Priests-in-Charge, and Venerable Monastic Superiors: Christ is Rise...
On May 4, 2025, the Third Sunday after Pascha, His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West led the joyous celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the parish dedicated to the Holy Myrrhbearing Women in West S...
