Holy Annunciation is the newest of this city's Orthodox churches, and as yet does not have a website of its own. The most current information is available via the OCA's (Orthodox Church in America's) website, listed above. The vigorous community is hard at work building what promises to be a beautiful temple. Currently they meet in temporary quarters.

Annunciation Church
2753 Hillside Dr., N.W.
Walker, MI 49554

Services at:
St. Adalbert R.C. Church
671 Davis St., N.W.
Grand Rapids, MI

Fr. Anton Frunze: (810) 656-0763

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, established in the 1920s, is another of the long-established Orthodox communities in Grand Rapids. The parish first met as the apostles did - in a home. Now, many years and a couple of addresses later, they are a warm and multi-ethnic Orthodox community that sometimes has a hard time fitting its members into its beautiful church.

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
330 Lakeside Dr., N.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 454-6563
Fr. James Bogdan, pastor

St. George is the oldest of the Orthodox parishes in Grand Rapids, going back to the days of St. Raphael Hawaweeny. The temple features some outstanding iconography by Greek-American iconographer Tom Clark.

St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church
334 La Grave St., S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
(616) 454-7558
Fr. Mark Maymon, pastor

St. Herman's began in the 1990's when a small group of laypeople sought to establish a new, traditional Orthodox community. The group was received by Archbishop Alypy (Gamanovich) of Chicago and Detroit into the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.  Its regular round of lay services was supervised by a parish priest in Indiana, who served Liturgy in the fledgling mission as he was able.  At the end of 1999, the first resident priest was assigned. Since that time, parish life has been very much like that in many other mission parishes - at times, a rollercoaster ride!

We currently meet in a home, with all the intimacy and invitation to spiritual discipline that such an arrangement gives. "House churches" like ours are not an innovation in Orthodoxy - St. Paul speaks with affection of "the church that meets at Phoebe's house", so we believe ourselves to be in good company. In solidarity with the vast majority of Orthodox Christians worldwide, we worship on the Julian ("Old") calendar.

Drawing our nourishment from the life of the Church, we attempt to use its tools of mutual forgiveness, fasting, prayer, almsgiving, and bearing one another's burdens. Consciously borrowing the language of the 20th-century Moscow priest and martyr Sergius Mechov, we attempt to live as one "repentant family", united around the chalice. Today our membership stands at about 30 people, with members including recent (and not-so-recent) Russian emigres, cradle Orthodox, and converts from various faiths and none.

St. Herman Russian Orthodox Church (ROCA)
1217 Bemis St., S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
(616) 454-7981
Fr. Michael Carney

Unlike the Orthodox immigrants from the Mediterranean region who first settled in Grand Rapid's south-east quadrant, the Slavs who came here at the turn of the 19th/20th century settled in the north-west part of town. Here, new arrivals from the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires established a small church. The Bolshevik Revolution, which effectively cut off emigration, and the later Cold War, which quickened Russian-American assimilation were hard on the church. By the grace of the Holy Spirit and the fidelity of the parishioners, the parish survived some very lean times. In recent years, with the arrival of a young and energetic rector, regular parish life has resumed and the schedule of services been amplified. A new community has arisen, united around the chalice and the devotional life of the Church.

St. John Chrysostom Russian Orthodox Church (MP)
40 National St., N.W.
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
(616) 454-1166
Fr. Andrew Keith Lowe, M.Div.

St. Nicholas also has a history going back to the 1920s. The parish has recently moved and built a huge new church, the design of which pays self-conscious tribute to the Church of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople. At the same time, the architects have skillfully employed many modern elements. The result is a beautiful, reverent liturgical space; Byzantine without being a historical replica, and modern without being sterile. The pastor and warm, outgoing community seem to be making good use of this architectural gem as an evangelistic tool.

St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church
2250 East Paris, S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
(616) 954-2700
Fr. Daniel Daly