St. Mary’s is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America, within the Diocese of the West. Our bishop is His Grace Vasily, Bishop of San Francisco and the West; the primate of the Orthodox Church in America is His Beatitude Tikhon, Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada. Our rector is Priest Tikhon Krueger.
Primate of the Orthodox Church in America
His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon
Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada
Metropolitan Tikhon leads the Orthodox Church in America, the autocephalous Church whose roots in North America reach back to the Alaskan mission of 1794. The Metropolitan presides over the Holy Synod of Bishops, of which our diocesan bishop is a member.
Our diocesan bishop
His Grace, Bishop Vasily
Bishop of San Francisco and the West
Bishop Vasily is the ruling hierarch of the Diocese of the West, the diocese of the Orthodox Church in America that includes Colorado; he was consecrated and installed as Bishop of San Francisco and the West in August 2025. St. Mary’s is under his omophorion, and he is commemorated at every service.
Our rector
Priest Tikhon Krueger
Rector of St. Mary’s Holy Dormition Orthodox Church
Fr. Tikhon grew up in the American West and studied the natural sciences before seminary. He taught high school, worked for close to a decade as a professional brewer in the Pacific Northwest, and ran a small sea salt farm; along the way, parish life and the counsel of clergy drew him toward the priesthood. He trained at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, and serves St. Mary’s as rector. He and Matushka Clare have seven children.
Fr. Tikhon is glad to talk with visitors after any service, or by appointment: book a time on the Contact page. His story at St. Tikhon’s Seminary ›