On Saturday, September 5th, 2015 at the Saint Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in Alhambra, California, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej, together with  His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America, His Eminence Archbishop Alejo Mexico City and all Mexico, His Grace Bishop Benjamin of San Francisco and the West, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, vicar of the Moscow Diocese,  His Grace Bishop Sava of the Georgian Patriarchate in the US, His Grace Bishop Daniil of the Bulgarian Diocese, His Grace Bishop Longin of New Gracanica and Midwestern America, His Grace Bishop Mitrophan of Eastern America, His Grace Bishop Justin of Zicha, His Grace Bishop Grigorije of Hercegovina and host hierarch His Grace Bishop Maxim of Western America and the faithful of the Western American Diocese assembled for the Canonization of two new American Saints in the Orthodox Church, Sts. Mardarije of Chicago and Libertyville, and Sebastian of San Francisco and Jackson.   

Arrival of His Holiness Patriarch Irinej marks beginning of Diocesan Days
"In the Footsteps of Saint Sava" Canonization of St. Sebastian of San Francisco and Jackson
Historic Weekend in Western Diocese Comes to a Close