Diocese of San Francisco and the West ( English Diocese of San Francisco and the West , San Francisco and Western Diocese ) - Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America in the territory of the states of Arizona , Washington , Hawaii , California , Colorado , Montana , Nevada and Oregon .
| Diocese of the West | |
|---|---|
| Orthodox Church in America | |
 Holy Trinity Cathedral in San Francisco | |
| General information | |
| A country | USA |
| Diocesan Center | San Francisco |
| Founded by | 1926 |
| Control | |
| Ruling bishop | Archbishop of San Francisco and the West Benjamin (Peterson) (since March 29, 2007) |
| Cathedral Church | Trinity Cathedral (San Francisco) |
| Statistics | |
| Deanery | 6 |
| Parishes | 33 parish temples and 20 missions [1] |
| Monasteries | 5 [2] |
| Site | dowoca.org |
| Map | |
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Cathedral City - San Francisco . Cathedral - Trinity (San Francisco).
History
The first Orthodox parish in the diocese was founded in 1825 in Fort Ross . In 1857, a parish was established in San Francisco.
In 1872-1905, San Francisco was the cathedral city of the Aleutian Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church .
After the division of the North American diocese into three deaneries, "Deanery of the Western States" became the progenitor of the current Diocese of the West. In the 1920s, Greek parishes separated, first moving to the Church of Greece , then to the Church of Constantinople . In 1924, Vicarism of the West was created.
In 1927, the Russian "North American Metropolis" separated from the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia . Since then, the San Francisco Chair, which probably became independent in the 1930s, has invariably existed as part of the isolated American Metropolitanate, and then the Orthodox Church in America that inherited it.
In 1941, the first nunnery was founded in California by nuns who resettled from China.
In November 1946, the North American Metropolitanate separated from the Synod of Bishops of the ROCOR, many clergy and laity did not accept this, as a result of which there were parallel dioceses: one subordinate to the ROCOR and the other in the North American Metropolis.
In 1957, the first diocesan assembly took place, after which the diocese began an active mission. In the 1960s, the parishes of the diocese began to switch to English in worship and adopt the New Julian calendar .
In 1994, a separate deanery (deanery) was created for missionary parishes.
Bishops
- Apollinaris (Kosheva) (1926 - February 1, 1927)
- Alexy (Panteleev) (February 6, 1927-1931)
- Theophilus (Pashkovsky) (1931 - June 27, 1950)
- John (Shakhovskoy) (1950-1974)
- Vladimir (Nagosky) (1974 - July 1975)
- German (Svayko) (1975) high school , ep. Wilkes-Barry
- John (Shakhovskoy) (1975-1979)
- Dimitri (Royster) (1979-1980), archbishop Dallas
- Vasily (Rodzianko) (November 10, 1980 - April 25, 1984)
- Boris (Gizha) (1984-1987) high school , bishop Chicago
- Job (Osatsky) (1987) high school , ep. Hartford
- Tikhon (Fitzgerald) (May 30, 1987 - November 14, 2006)
- German (Svayko) (November 14, 2006 - March 20, 2007) high / low, met. Washington
- Benjamin (Peterson) (since March 20, 2007)
Vicariate
- Berkeley (Invalid)
- Santa rose
- Seattle (Invalid)
Monasteries
- Pokrovsky Monastery (female; Lake George , Colorado)
- St. John's Monastery (male; Menton , California)
- Barbarian Monastery (female; Santa Pola , California)
- Assumption Monastery (Women's; Kalimstoga , California)
- Kazan Skete (female; Santa Rosa , California)
Deanery
- Central Pacific Deanery
- North Pacific Deanery
- South Pacific Deanery
- Desert Deity
- Rocky Mountain Reverence
- Missionary Deanery
Notes
Links
- http://www.dowoca.org/ official site
- Diocese of the West on the official website of the Orthodox Church in America
- Diocese of the West on the site “Hierarchy of liturgical churches”
- WEST EPARCHY // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - M .: Church Scientific Center "Orthodox Encyclopedia" , 2008. - T. XIX. - S. 606. - 752 p. - 39,000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-89572-034-9 .