St. Michael Orthodox Christian Church

08/31/2026

07/01/2026

Dear friends, After a lot of thinking we decided to cancel our St. Paisios Youth Camp this year and support our Archdiocese (East Coast) first youth camp in Pennsylvania at Spruce Lake - July 27-July 31, 2026. For registration see below.

Thank you for your support and love!

06/04/2026

Dear friends, vacation will start soon and we would like to keep our children busy and happy. St. Paisios Youth Camp opens its gates again - registration open on our church's website.

Some pictures from last year will be relevant for our camp, and bring us back nice memories.

Soon we will post the Camp's full schedule.

In Christ,

St. Paisios camp's team

05/22/2026

Christ Ascended! We still have available seats for tonight and tomorrow retreat with Fr. Peter Heers.

Fr. Peter added one more subtopic to the Boundaries of relations in marriage: how we chose our spouse. For tonight starting with 7:00pm.

However for people who will attend tomorrow's lecture, Fr. Peter will make a short presentation of the first lecture because the 2 lectures are beneficially intertwining.

Full schedule below.

See you tonight and/or tomorrow.

05/21/2026

Fr. Peter Heers Lectures in St. Michael Church Southbridge:

Friday, May 22nd - Lecture 1: The identity of marriage & the boundaries of relations

Saturday, May 23rd - Lecture 2: The identity of Christ & the boundaries of the Church

05/21/2026

Dear Friends, there are only 2 days till Fr. Peter Heers will be in our church. If you can not attend all 3 days, come on Friday afternoon - Lecture nr 1 at 7:00pm; if you can not come on Friday, come on Saturday at 11:00am Lecture nr 2; If you can not come Friday or Saturday come on Sunday for Fr. Peter sermon during the Liturgy and Wrap up session at 1:00pm and you will get the summary of the two lectures.

Here is the full schedule:

Schedule – St. Siluoan Young Adults Retreat Full Program – Spring Edition 2026
Friday, May 22nd
5:00pm Registration & Welcome
5:30pm – 6:30pm Ice breaking exercises – Dance time – square dance and fun dance with Instructor Katie Ulibarri & team
6:30pm – 7:00pm Dinner
7:00pm- 7:45pm Lecture 1 with fr. Peter Heers – “The identity of Christ & the boundaries of the Church”
7:45pm – 8:00pm Break & Preparation of questions
8:00pm-9:00pm Q&A
9:00pm – 11:00pm Bon fire & Marshmallow, movie & popcorn

Saturday, May 23rd
9:00 am Divine Liturgy – concelebrants Fr. John Downie, Fr. Peter Heers and Fr. Constantin Semyanko
10:30 am – 11:00 am Breakfast
11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Lecture 2 with Fr. Peter open for all ages – The identity of Christ & the boundaries of the Church
12:30 pm- 12:45pm Break and preparation of the questions
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Q & A Session
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Lunch break
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Workshop of choice: kombosikini (learn how to make the prayer ropes); koliva; Prosphora.
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Sport games: volleyball, sucker, corn hall, chess, etc.
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Pan Orthodox Vespers
7:00pm Dinner
8:00 pm – Concert – classic music: harp, piano

Sunday May 24th
8:45am Matins
10:00am Divine Liturgy – Fr. John will serve together with fr. Peter; Fr. Peter will deliver the sermon
12:00am Coffee Hours
1:00pm -2:00pm Wrap up session – Summary of the 2 days lectures and more Q&A
2:00 pm – 3:00pm Pizza & Ice Cream & More fun

Hope to see ya....

05/14/2026

Papa Ioannis is coming again with the Holy Cross to our church tomorrow between 12:00pm and 9:00pm.
In January when he was in our church and at the Russian monastery a paralized young man was totally healed. In our Metropolitan Cathedral in Chicago 2 blind men were healed too.

Everyone is welcome: Orthodox and non Orthodox.