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!

Announcements

Coffee Hour Sign Up: The coffee hour 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 will be paused during Great Lent & Holy Week. The beautiful liturgical services of the church are the greatest teacher focusing us on prayer, fasting, repentance, and self-control as a path to draw closer to God. This is a time for spiritual renewal, prioritizing church life and prayer over daily routines. 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 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)

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Apr

Saturday

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

26

Apr

Sunday

Sunday of the Myrrh Bearing Women
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

2

May

Saturday

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

3

May

Sunday

Sunday of the Paralytic
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy

6

May

Wednesday

8

May

Friday

Today's Scripture Readings
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 4:13-22
In those days, when the Jews saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they wondered; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. But seeing the man that had been healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition. But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred with one another, saying, "What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to any one in this name." So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge; for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard." And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for all men praised God for what had happened. For the man on whom the sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.
JOHN 5:17-24
The Lord said to the Jews who came to him: "My Father is working still, and I am working." This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God. Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself is doing; and greater works than these he will show him, that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Today's Commemorations
2nd Wednesday after Pascha, Theodore of Sykeon, Nathaniel, Luke, & Clemente the Apostles, Gregory Gravanos of Nisyros, Nearchos the Martyr
Today's Thought

Divine symbols are perfected [in baptism]: burial and death, resurrection and life and all these happen at the same time. As we submerge our heads in the water as in a tomb, the old man is buried, and as he goes down he is once and for all and entirely hidden; then, as we lift up our heads, the new man comes forth. - St. John Chrysostom

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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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