SAN FRANCISCO, CA [DOW/Fr. Peter Tobias] -- The Diocese of the West held its annual assembly October 1-3, 2007, at Holy Trinity Cathedral here.
His Grace, the Right Rev. Benjamin, Bishop of San Francisco and the West, was installed as Ruling Hierarch on October 2 following the Divine Liturgy by His Beatitude, the Most Blessed Herman, Archbishop of Washington New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada. His Eminence, Archbishop Seraphim, Archbishop of Ottawa and Canada, read the proclamation of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America.
(Read more at: http://www.oca.org)
Bishop Benjamin visits St. Juvenaly at least once a year.
SUNDAY OCT.14th
Today the Church remembers the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council under the holy Patriarch Tarasius (February 25).
The Synod of 787, the second to meet at Nicea, refuted the Iconoclast heresy during the reign of Empress Irene and her son Constantine Porphyrogenitos.
The Council decreed that the veneration of icons was not idolatry (Exodus 20:4-5), because the honor shown to them is not directed to the wood or paint, but passes to the prototype (the person depicted). It also upheld the possibility of depicting Christ, Who became man and took flesh at His Incarnation. The Father, on the other hand, cannot be represented in His eternal nature, because "no man has seen God at any time" (John 1:18).
Join us for the "Reader Service" at St. Paul's - 9:30 a.m. followed by fellowship.