Welcome to St. Mary's Orthodox Church!

Welcome to St. Mary's Orthodox Church in Iron Mountain!

St. Mary's is a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, serving the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Northern Wisconsin. As a member of the Antiochian Archdiocese we follow the liturgical practice and canonical discipline of our Archdiocese and Patriarchate. All our services are in English.

We are located at 311 West D Street in Iron Mountain, MI; on the corner of West D Street and Stockbridge Ave. 

Visitors & inquirers are always welcome at St. Mary's! Please visit our Inquirers Page and our Contact & Visitors Page

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Thank you for visiting and have a blessed day!


Announcements

* CONFESSIONS: Time for confession is available by appointment.  No confessions will be heard following midweek or Sunday Liturgy's.  Please contact Fr. Mark in advance to schedule confession time.

* LIBRARY: Quite a few of the church's lending library books are currently out in homes.  If you are finished reading the book(s) you have borrowed please return them to the church.  There is a waiting list for several of the titles.  If you loved the book you borrowed and would like to purchase a personal copy please speak to Michelle for assistance in ordering.  Thank you!


Upcoming Services (all services are listed in Central Time)

15

Feb

Saturday

5:30pm Great Vespers

16

Feb

Sunday

Sunday of the Prodigal Son
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

22

Feb

Saturday

Saturday of Souls
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy
5:30pm Great Vespers

23

Feb

Sunday

Sunday of the Last Judgement (MeatFare)
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

1

Mar

Saturday

1:00pm Pre-Lenten Retreat
5:30pm Great Vespers

2

Mar

Sunday

Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare)
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy
5:30pm Forgiveness Vespers

3

Mar

Monday

Great Lent Begins
5:30pm Great Compline with the Canon of St. Andrew

4

Mar

Tuesday

5:30pm Great Compline with the Canon of St. Andrew


Today's Scripture Readings
ST. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY 2:1-10
Timothy, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as preached in my gospel, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.
JOHN 15:17-27; 16:1-2
The Lord said to his disciples: "This I command you, to love one another. If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. But all this they will do to you on my account, because they do not know him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. It is to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.' But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me; and you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning. I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Today's Commemorations
Hieromartyr Haralambos, Anastasios, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Porphyrios & Baptos the Monk-martyrs

Today's Thought

Enduring his tortures at the age of 113, the Hieromartyr Charalampus said to the emperor’s soldiers, “Thank you, my brethren, for in scraping my old body you renew my spirit for a new eternal life.”

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Hieromartyr Haralambos, Bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, the Martyrs Porphyrius and Baptus, and three women Martyrs
Hieromartyr Haralambos, Bishop of Magnesia in Thessaly, the Martyrs Porphyrius and Baptus, and three women Martyrs

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Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Novgorod, Buried in the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Novgorod

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Princess Anna of Novgorod
Princess Anna of Novgorod

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Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev Near Caves
Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev Near Caves

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Venerable Longinus of Koryazhemsk, Vologda
Venerable Longinus of Koryazhemsk, Vologda

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Virgin Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina and Paula, of Palestine
Virgin Martyrs Ennatha, Valentina and Paula, of Palestine

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Icon of the Mother of God “Areovindus”
Icon of the Mother of God “Areovindus”

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Saint John Chimchimeli the Philosopher
Saint John Chimchimeli the Philosopher

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Saint Ioannikios, Father Confessor of the Dormition Holy Mountain Hermitage

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