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We grow together through radical hospitality, passionate spirituality, and committed engagement to peace and justice.

We have a legacy of inclusion, aspiring to tell and exemplify God’s love for everyone. We believe that all people are created in God’s image and we strive to respect the dignity of every human being. Participation, membership and leadership in our church is open to all regardless of gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

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Our diocese includes urban parishes in the heart of Rochester neighborhoods, country churches in the northern reaches of Appalachia, parishes in small towns and suburbs, and beautiful lakeside chapels.

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Episcopalians, Rev. Troy Preston, Honor Dolly Parton

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Bishop Kara’s Visitation to St. Mark’s & St. John’s

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Solidarity, Dignity, and Justice for Dalit Children

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Bishop Kara’s Visitation to Incarnation Episcopal Church

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A Day of Action for Vulnerable Communities

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A Conversation on Religious Nationalism

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Episcopalians, Rev. Troy Preston, Honor Dolly Parton

From the Bishop

Hospitality 101: A Checklist

The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and each will receive wages according to their own labor….

From the Bishop

Who Cares What the Bishop Thinks?

Certainly, in other Christian traditions, the words of a bishop are/have been treated as required agreement….

From the Bishop

A Pastoral Letter from your Bishop

Our call as disciples of Jesus Christ is to speak the truth, to witness to the way of God, which proclaims peace, mercy, and justice for every person without exception….

From the Bishop

Hospitality 101: A Checklist

The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and each will receive wages according to their own labor….