The Latest News in the Diocese

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

Consecration Details

San Francisco, CA — His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon, has blessed the Diocese of the West to prepare for the Consecration

Retirement of His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin: Two Retirement Events

After nearly two decades of faithful saervice as the ruling Bishop of the Diocese of the West, His Eminence Archbishop

2025 Diaconal and Music Practicums

  2025 Diaconal and Music Practicums to be Held Concurrently in Santa Rosa, CA The Diocese of the West is