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.

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

Please use the contact form to request more information, ask any questions or join our mailing list. 

Thank you for visiting and have a blessed day!

Classes

Fall 2023 Adult Christian Education

The adult Christian education series for fall of 2023 will be held on Wednesday evenings starting on September 20th. These classes will be for parish members, catechumens and inquirers.  Please speak with Fr. Mark or Dn. Innocent if you would like more information or would like to join the classes. 

Youth Sunday School

The children of the parish are dismissed following Communion for Sunday school lessons.  As our parish pulls from a large geographic area, and not everyone is able to travel to Liturgy every Sunday, the lessons are designed so children can attend when they are present.  If your child has a paint shirt please bring it along, some of our activities are hands-on crafts.

Upcoming Services (all services are listed in Central Time)

27

Sep

Wednesday

5:30pm Christian Education Class 

30

Sep

Saturday

5:30pm Great Vespers

1

Oct

Sunday

Protection of the Theotokos
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

4

Oct

Wednesday

5:30pm Christian Education Class

7

Oct

Saturday

5:30pm Great Vespers

8

Oct

Sunday

9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy
4:30pm Ironwood Liturgy

11

Oct

Wednesday

5:30pm Christian Education Class

14

Oct

Saturday

Parish Retreat 1:00-4:30pm
5:30pm Great Vespers

15

Oct

Sunday

9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

Today's Scripture Readings from the Antiochian Archdiocese
ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS 1:22-23; 2:1-3
Brethren, God has put all things under his son's feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all. And you he made alive, when you were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. Among these we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of body and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
LUKE 4:38-44
At that time, Jesus entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they besought him for her. And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she rose and served them. Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them. And demons also came out of many, crying, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. And when it was day he departed and went into a lonely place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them; but he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for I was sent for this purpose." And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Today's Commemorations in the Antiochian Archdiocese
Euphrosyne of Alexandria, Paphnoutios the Martyr & his 546 Companions in Egypt, Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of Evangelistria, Mochos, Our Righteous Father Sergius of Radonezh, Finbar the Confessor, First Bishop of Cork
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