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Diocesan Assemblies

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.

Diocesan Assembly 2024

Orthodox Church of the Annunciation

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

Schedule and Reports

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.


Metropolitan Tikhon’s Address to the 2024 Assembly: Download


Archbishop Benjamin’s Address to the 2024 Assembly: Download


Chancellor’s Report to the 2024 Assembly: Download


Minutes from the 2023 Diocesan Assembly: Download


DELEGATE BOOKS (4): Prepared in advance for review by delegates


Book 1: Instructions and Schedule: (Download)

Book 2: Deanery and Parish Reports:  (Download)

Book 3: Department, Institution and Financial Reports: (Download)

Book 4: Treasurer/Financial Reports: (Download)


Call for Reports (Download PDF | Word)

Parish Annual Report (Download PDF | Word)

Email both to chancery@dowoca.org

Past Diocesan Assemblies