The Latest News in the Diocese

Holy Synod Elects Archimandrite Vasily as Bishop of San Francisco and the West

July 16, 2025 Arizona Grand Resort Phoenix, AZ On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, during the 21st All-American Council in Phoenix,

Diocese of the West Nominating Assembly

July 16, 2025 Arizona Grand Resort Phoenix, AZ Following the official retirement of His Eminence, Archbishop Benjamin on Tuesday, July

Locum Tenens and Nominating Assembly Announced

July 15, 2025 Holy Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir Dear Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers and Mothers, Brothers

Washington state targets priests, confidentiality of confession with discriminatory law

ADF attorneys file suit on behalf of the Orthodox Church in America and Orthodox Churches, priests over state law that

Diocesan Council Issues Letter to Diocese on Nomination of Next Bishop

San Francisco, CA — The following letter was sent by US Mail to rectors in the Diocese of the West

Centennial Anniversary and Great Consecration of the Church of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women in West Sacramento

On May 4, 2025, the Third Sunday after Pascha, His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West led

Thriving Parishes Project Visit to Kailua-Kona, HI

St. Juvenaly Mission in Kailua-Kona, HI | May 31-June 01, 2025 After visiting Holy Ascension Mission in Hilo, HI back

Thriving Parishes Project Visit to Astoria, OR

St. Brendan the Navigator Mission in Astoria, OR. | May 17-18, 2025 St. Brendan the Navigator Mission in Astoria, OR

Thriving Parishes Project Visit to San Anselmo, CA

St. Nicholas in San Anselmo, CA | March 16 and May 3, 2025 Priest Andrew Smith, Program Director of the

Orthodox LIFE School: June 15th-21st at the Monastery of St John

Orthodox LIFE School: June 15th-21st, 2025 at the Monastery of St John The monks of the Monastery of St John