St Matthew Orthodox Church

05/29/2026

Congratulations to our former parishioner, Fr. Pedro Sarsama, on his graduation from St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary!

CHICAGO, IL [DOM] - His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Chicago and the Diocese of the Midwest, along with the clergy, monastics, and laity congratulate the graduating seminarians of the Midwest: Priest Jarrod Huffman (SVS) Priest Pedro Sarsama (STS) Priest Paul Schlafer (STS) Deacon Eugene Schreder (...

05/14/2026

Yesterday, after Vespers and a Memorial service, we blessed the cemetery marker our parish put in our dedicated cemetery section of Holy Trinity Cemetery in Denmark, as well as the grave of Dn. Mark who passed last year. Memory eternal to our departed parishioners!

05/08/2026

We are looking forward to our retreat with Mother Seraphima of the Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration which starts tonight!

Our annual Spring Retreat will be taking place Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9, with our guest speaker being Mother Seraphima of The Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, PA!

Mother Seraphima is a Milwaukee native who has been a nun for over a decade. She is also the choir director at the Monastery.

Everyone is welcome to come hear her speak about the monastic life and give her reflections on Pascha and Pentecost!

04/30/2026

The Statement of our Holy Synod of Bishops regarding the upcoming 250th Anniversary of our nation!

Issued at the 2026 Spring Session of the Holy Synod of Bishops April 30, 2026 To the clergy, monastics, and…

04/25/2026

Our annual Spring Retreat will be taking place Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9, with our guest speaker being Mother Seraphima of The Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, PA!

Mother Seraphima is a Milwaukee native who has been a nun for over a decade. She is also the choir director at the Monastery.

Everyone is welcome to come hear her speak about the monastic life and give her reflections on Pascha and Pentecost!

04/01/2026

In the Orthodox Church, the Feast of the Resurrection falls on April 12 this year. Please see our schedule of Holy Week and Pascha services here, beginning this weekend, April 4-5, with Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday!

03/14/2026

Christ is in our midst! We are expected to have whiteout blizzard conditions tomorrow, Sunday, March 15, but since the priest and a handful of others live close enough to church, we will still have services. No one should endanger themselves in coming to church, though. Please be safe, and pray at home, or watch an Orthodox Christian livestream liturgy!

03/12/2026

Very good news for Orthodox Christians in the Midwest!

BOSCOBEL, WI [DOM] - With the blessing of Archbishop Daniel of Chicago and the Midwest, a new monastic community has been formally established in the Diocese of the Midwest at the former property of St. Isaac of Syria Skete, Boscobel, WI. The new community, St. Paul the Apostle Monastery, was…

03/03/2026

May God bless the commitment of our catechumens! We look forward to their full reception into the Orthodox Church in the coming weeks.

02/21/2026

Christ is in our midst!

Great Lent in the Orthodox Church begins on Monday, February 23! Here are some notes about the upcoming week:

Tomorrow, the day before Lent begins, Sunday, February 22, we will do the "Rite of Forgiveness" after Liturgy, where we mutually forgive one another as a sign that our sins impact the whole world. We bow, or shake hands, and say: "As God forgives, I forgive!"

On Monday, Feb 23, Tuesday, Feb 24, and Thursday, Feb 26, we will serve the penitential "Great Canon" service each day at 6:00 pm.

On Wednesday, Feb 25 (and on the following Wednesdays of Lent) at 6:00 pm, we will serve the Presanctified Gifts, when we receive Communion as a way of strengthening our penitential efforts (fast for 6 hours before Communion when it is in the evening). There is also a meal following these services.

Next weekend, the First Sunday of Lent, March 1, is the Sunday of Orthodoxy, when we celebrate iconography - our depictions of our Lord who became incarnate for our sake. We will have a procession with icons on this day - so bring an icon from home!