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

Coffee Hour Sign Up: The coffee hour food and kitchen help sign up sheet can be found on the COFFEE HOUR tab and on the left sidebar of the website. A direct link QR code can also be found in the church fellowship area & in the weekly bulletin. To ensure we have a good variety of food for everyone, please let us know what dish you are bringing. Thank you!

Classes: The fall series of Christian Education classes is underway and meeting on Wednesday evenings at 6:00pm (central time). More information about the classes can be found on our CATECHISM Page

Confessions: Please contact Fr. Mark in advance to schedule confession time. No confessions will be heard following Sunday Liturgy or after catechism classes.

Lending Library: Quite a few of the church's library books have been out for an extended period of time.  Please check your bookshelves to see if a church book got mixed in with your personal library and if so return them to the church.  There is a waiting list for several of the titles. Thank you!

Upcoming Services (all services are listed in Central Time)

13

Nov

Thursday

15

Nov

Saturday

Nativity Fast Begins
2:30pm Parish Council Meeting
5:30pm Great Vespers

16

Nov

Sunday

9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

19

Nov

Wednesday

5:00pm Daily Vespers
6:00pm Catechism Class

22

Nov

Saturday

5:30pm Great Vespers
6:30pm Antiochian Mens Meeting

23

Nov

Sunday

9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

Today's Scripture Readings
ST. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 4:6-15
Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness, " who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you. Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke, " we too believe, and so we speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
LUKE 12:42-48
The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming, ' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will punish him, and put him with the unfaithful. And that servant who knew his master's will, but did not make ready or act according to his will, shall receive a severe beating. But he who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.
Today's Commemorations
Menas of Egypt, Victor and Stephanie, Martyr Vincent, Theodore the Studite
Today's Thought

“God is with the righteous, not with the mighty.” - Holy Martyr Stefan of Decani, King of Serbia

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What is Orthodoxy?

"Sometimes called the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Church is the first Christian Church, the Church founded by the Lord Jesus Christ and described in the pages of the New Testament.  Her history can be traced in unbroken continuity all the way back to Christ and His Twelve Apostles.  For twenty centuries, she has continued in her undiminished and unaltered faith and practice.  Today her apostolic doctrine, worship, and structure remain intact.  The Orthodox Church maintains that the Church is the living Body of Jesus Christ."      

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