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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...
St. Juvenaly Mission in Kailua-Kona, HI | May 31-June 01, 2025 After visiting Holy Ascension Mission in Hilo, HI back in February, Priest Andrew Smith returned to ‘The Big Island’ to train the Church Health Team (CHT) and present...
St. Brendan the Navigator Mission in Astoria, OR. | May 17-18, 2025 St. Brendan the Navigator Mission in Astoria, OR had its Thriving Parishes Project (TPP) Retreat on Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18. Priest Andrew Smith trained the C...
St. Nicholas in San Anselmo, CA | March 16 and May 3, 2025 Priest Andrew Smith, Program Director of the Thriving Parishes Project, visited St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in San Anselmo, CA on Sunday, March 16, to present the whole scop...
Orthodox LIFE School: June 15th-21st, 2025 at the Monastery of St John The monks of the Monastery of St John will be once more hosting a young adult retreat this June. The Orthodox LIFE School is open to Orthodox believers who are bet...
