Dear in the Lord Matushka Marina Alexandrovna!

Accept our deep condolences for the sudden repose of your spouse, Father Alexei. As the Holy Fathers say, with the repose of those close to us, we together with them, bury a part of our soul. For the widow and children, it is a tremendous loss. In such sorrowful moments, we are always looking for consolation in the words of the Holy Scriptures: “I am the Resurrection and the Life; He who believes in Me, if he dies, will live” (John 11:25). And in another place: “Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For He is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him” (Luke 36-38).

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia congratulated His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia on the 30th anniversary of his episcopal consecration:

To His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill
of San Francisco and Western America

Your Eminence:

I send heartfelt greetings on this important day, the 30th anniversary of your episcopal consecration...

His Eminence KIRILL Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America has published Decree No. 4/2022E throughout the Diocese for the end to conflict in Ukraine. The original may be found here.

In addition to the “Prayer for Ukraine,” which is inserted by the Priests of the Diocese into the appointed place in the Divine Liturgy, we urge all the faithful to pray for peace amongst those in conflict. The following are prayers blessed for this purpose.

Nativity Epistle of His Eminence KYRILL Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America may be read HERE. 

His Eminence KYRILL Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America welcomes clergy, parishioners and pilgrims to Holy Virgin Cathedral for the Feast of our beloved Holy Hierarch John of Shanghai and San Francisco the Wonderworker being held on July 2nd  and 3rd, 2021.

This year the number of clergy permitted to serve in the Holy Altar during the Divine Services of the Feast will be limited to a select few.

 NOTE: Only those clergy who have received a personal summons will be permitted to concelebrate...

Reverend Fathers, Venerable Monastics, and Pious Faithful
of the Western American Diocese ROCOR:
Precious Children of the Church, my beloved flock:

CHRIST IS RISEN!

Reverend Fathers, Venerable Monastics, and Pious Faithful
of the Western American Diocese ROCOR:
Precious Children of the Church, my beloved flock:

CHRIST IS RISEN!

On November 21st, 2019, His Holiness KIRILL Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia congratulated His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Fransciso and Western America with his 65th Birthday. Below is a translation of the Patriarch's letter.

Your Grace, Bishop James!

This day, through the laying on of hands, you have received the Grace of the Holy Episcopacy. You have been summoned to the highest office of Holy Mother Church...

Reverend Fathers, Venerable Monastics, and Pious Faithful
of the Western American Diocese ROCOR:
Precious Children of the Church, my beloved flock:

CHRIST IS RISEN!

Today we bear witness to the Resurrection of Christ and cry out from the depths of our hearts with joy. There is no other response that is possible for man, beholding the defeat of death, except joy, and we will never cease to experience it so long as we are faithful in following Him.

Reverend Fathers, Venerable Monastics, and Pious Faithful

Christ is born! Glorify Him!

His Eminence Kyrill Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America issued a Memorandum in which he outlines the duties of His Grace Bishop Irenei of Richmond and Western Europe.

The Paschal Epistle of His Eminence Kyrill Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America may be read here.

The Nativity Epistle of His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill for 2016/2017 can be read here.

The Paschal Epistle of His Eminence KYRILL Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America may be read here. 

CHRIST IS RISEN!
Paschal Address of His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill may be read here.

His Eminence Arcbhishop Kyrill extends his profound gratitude to the faithful of the Western American Diocese for their support and love for the Church.

His Epistle may be read here.

The Nativity Epistle of His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill can be found here.

Love a righteous man, and he will love thee.
-St. Philaret of Moscow

Jubilee Celebration in Monterey, CA, 2014 (Please, scroll down 2 pages upon opening file.)

700 Years from the Birth of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 50 Years from the Canonization of St. John of Kronstadt & 80 years of the Western American Diocese

"In the World, but not of the World"

An Introduction to the Life of Saint John of Shanghai & San Francisco

Christ is Risen! 

His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America has issued Decree No 4/2014, in which it has been mandated that "An Office in Time of Drought" be performed at the end of the Divine Liturgy on February 2 of this year. The text of the Decree may be found here.

The Nativity Epistle of His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America, 25 December 2013 / 7 January 2014.

"The People Opened Up Their Souls"

Annual Commemoration of Sts. Peter & Febronia of Murom

400 Years of the Romanov Dynasty

Paschal Epistle, 2013