Welcome to St. Mary's Orthodox Church!
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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

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!

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Upcoming Special Events:

  • August 1-August 15th:  Dormition Fast
  • August 6th:  Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
  • August 15th:  Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos
  • August 16th: Church picnic

Lunch Sign Up: The lunch sign up sheet can be found on the COFFEE HOUR tab and on the left sidebar of the website. Thank you!

Christian Education Classes: Classes at St. Mary's are paused for July & August so all can enjoy the beautiful, and brief, UP summer.  They will resume in September.  More information can be found on our CATECHISM Page.

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

Lending Library Note: 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.

Upcoming Services (all services are listed in Central Time)

15

Aug

Saturday

DORMITION OF THE THEOTOKOS
9-11am Soccer Complex Cleanup
5:30pm Great Vespers

16

Aug

Sunday

9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy
Church Picnic following Liturgy

22

Aug

Saturday

5:30pm Great Vespers
6:30pm Antiochian Men's Group

23

Aug

Sunday

9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

29

Aug

Saturday

30

Aug

Sunday

9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

5

Sep

Saturday

10:00am Ironwood Liturgy
5:30pm Great Vespers

6

Sep

Sunday

9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

Today's Scripture Readings
ST. PAUL'S SECOND LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS 3:4-11
Brethren, such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from us; our competence is from God, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not in a written code but in the Spirit; for the written code kills, but the Spirit gives life. Now if the dispensation of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such splendor that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face because of its brightness, fading as this was, will not the dispensation of the Spirit be attended with greater splendor? For if there was splendor in the dispensation of condemnation, the dispensation of righteousness must far exceed it in splendor. Indeed, in this case, what once had splendor has come to have no splendor at all, because of the splendor that surpasses it. For if what faded away came with splendor, what is permanent must have much more splendor.
MATTHEW 23:29-39
The Lord said to the Jews who had come to him, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, saying, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly, I say to you, all this will come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'
Today's Commemorations
The Holy Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia, Sergios, Stephen and Kastor, Palamon, Elder of Saint Pachomius the Great, Soldier-martyrs of Crete, Afterfeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
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"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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