St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral is a Orthodox church at 21931 Evergreen Rd. in Southfield, MI 48075. It is one of 90 churches in Southfield, and one of 4 Orthodox congregations in the city.
Our mission and responsibility is to safeguard our next generations allowing them to grow and thrive within the framework of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and to understand the Mother Church in Ukraine.
21931 Evergreen Rd., Southfield, MI, 48075Phone: (248) 471-1755
St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 94 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Michigan — 2,336 across the United States on The Church Map.
Orthodoxy has carried the worship of the ancient church essentially unbroken since the first centuries, and it has never let the rest of us settle for a gospel that only forgives — it insists God intends to make his people like himself. Its liturgy, its icons, and its theology of the Trinity are wells the whole church keeps returning to.
Ministries at St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
- Lesia Ukrainka School
- Ukrainian Orthodox League
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Upcoming events at St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
- Sun, Sep 20 · All day: 16th Sunday after Pentecost, after the Exaltation. Tone 7
- Sun, Sep 20 · All day: Great-martyr Eustathius (Eustace) Placidas, his wife Martyr Theopistes, and their children Martyrs Agapius and Theopistus, of Rome (118).
- Mon, Sep 21 · All day: Apostle Quadratus of the Seventy (130).
- Tue, Sep 22 · All day: Prophet Jonah (9th c. B.C.). Hieromartyr Phocas, bishop of Sinope (117).
- Wed, Sep 23 · All day: The Conception of the Honorable, Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John.
From St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral's public calendar (https://calendar.google.com). Times are the church's local time.
The community around St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 40.9%
- Social Isolation: 35.2%
- Food Insecurity: 20.7%
- Diabetes: 15.4%
- Unemployment: 9.2% (1.4–17.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Southfield city is served by 67 churches — about one congregation for every 1,135 residents.
Churches near St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
- Good Shepard Missionary Baptist — 0.5 mi away
- Kidz World — 0.6 mi away
- Faithleaders — 0.6 mi away
- Word of Faith International Christian Center — 0.6 mi away
- St. George Romanian Orthodox Cathedral — 0.9 mi away
- Christ Successfull life Ministries-Church — 0.9 mi away
- The Reconciled Church — 0.9 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses--Lathrup East & Southfield South (Albanian group) — 0.9 mi away
- Northwest Unitarian Universalist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Church of the Redeemer — 0.9 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- St. George Romanian Orthodox Cathedral — 0.9 mi away
- St. John Armenian Church — 1.2 mi away
- Sts Peter & Paul Syriac Orthodox Church — 1.9 mi away
- StMary's Syrian Orthodox Church Detroit — 3.6 mi away in Oak Park, MI
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