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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...
San Francisco, CA — His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, has blessed the Diocese of the West to prepare for the Consecration of the Right Reverend Archimandrite Vasily as the next Bishop of San Francisco and the West on Saturday, August 16, 2025, in...
After nearly two decades of faithful saervice as the ruling Bishop of the Diocese of the West, His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin will be honored with two special events marking his retirement: one in Santa Rosa, CA, on June 29 and the other in Phoenix...
2025 Diaconal and Music Practicums to be Held Concurrently in Santa Rosa, CA The Diocese of the West is pleased to announce that the 2025 Diaconal Liturgical Practicum and the 2025 Music Practicum will be held concurrently from July 2...
To the Reverend Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of the West, Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! The journey of Great Lent to Pascha is long and arduous by design. Our spiritual lives are revealed at the beginning of that jo...
Holy Trinity Cathedral Young Adults Attend CrossRoad 2.0 | March 26-30, 2025 | Pompano Beach, FL Priest Andrew Smith (Holy Trinity Cathedral, San Francisco, CA) and four young adults from the broader cathedral community recently part...
5th Sunday of Lent – St. Mary of Egypt | Littleton, CO | April 6th, 2025 After 8-10 years out of the ‘Orthodox-Denver Limelight’, St Herman Parish hosted the 5th and last Pan Orthodox Vespers, with the support of St. Tikhon Mis...
