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 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: Inquirers & Christian Education classes are underway and meeting on Wednesday evenings at 6:00pm (central time). Classes will be held January 21-February 18th and then pause during Great Lent. 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 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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Feb

Wednesday

5:00pm Daily Vespers
6:00pm Christian Education Class

21

Feb

Saturday

Saturday of the Monastics & Ascetics
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy
5:30pm Great Vespers

22

Feb

Sunday

Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare)
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy
1:00pm Forgiveness Vespers

23

Feb

Monday

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

24

Feb

Tuesday

5:30pm Great Compline & Canon of St. Andrew

25

Feb

Wednesday

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.
LUKE 20:46-47; 21:1-4
The Lord said to his disciples, "Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and love salutations in the market places and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation." He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury; and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins. And he said, "Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all the living that she had." Having said this, he proclaimed, "He who has ears let him hear."
Today's Commemorations
Theodore the Tyro, Great Martyr, Mariamne, Sister of Apostle Philip, and Equal to the Apostles, Righteous Auxentius, The Pious Rulers Marcian and Pulcheria, Theodore the New Martyr of Byzantium, Hermogenes (Germogen), Patriarch of Moscow
Today's Thought

Among the twelve holy martyrs who suffered in 305 A.D. under Emperor Diocletian were five Egyptian brothers according to the flesh and the spirit: Elias, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Samuel and Daniel. As they faced the beheading sword, they were asked where they were from. They responded: “From the Jerusalem on High.”

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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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