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Once a year, clergy and lay representatives from each parish, monastery and institution meet to discuss the administration of the diocese. The Annual Diocesan Assembly shall elect members of the Diocesan Council, adopt a Diocesan Budget for the following fiscal year for the Diocese, elect an Auditing Committee, and conduct any other business properly brought before the Assembly.
For more regarding the Diocesan Assembly, please see para IV.6 of the Diocesan Bylaws.
The 2024 Assembly of the Diocese of the West will be held October 15th-17th at the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Milwaukie, OR.
Church Address:
Eastern Orthodox Church of the Annunciation
13515 SE Rusk Rd
Milwaukie, OR 97222
Phone: +1-503-659-3646
Website: www.annunciationorthodoxchurch.org
Parishes, institutions, departments and officers will prepare reports in advance, which will be included in the Delegate Books below. Also, the full text of Archbishop BENJAMIN’s opening address, not included in the books, and the approved 2025 budget will be linked below (after the assembly); draft minutes of the Assembly (to be approved at the next Assembly) will be posted once reviewed at the Winter Diocesan Council meeting.
The Diocese of the West is the geographical district of the Orthodox Church in America consisting of the Western United States. The diocese has active parishes in Montana, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. San Francisco is home to the diocese’s cathedral, Holy Trinity, as well as the Chancery offices. The diocese is led by His Grace Vasily, Bishop of San Francisco and the West.
