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Welcome to St. Mary Orthodox Christian Church in Central Square, Cambridge, MA! We are a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Hopefully, you will leave here with a glimpse of our unique and beautiful congregation. Perhaps you will even accept our heartfelt invitation to visit us if you are ever in the Boston area. The community of St. Mary's is ethnically diverse, warm, hospitable, and deeply spiritual.

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Latest Sermons

Today, a Great Light has Dawned

January 11, 2026 - by Dn. Jeff Smith
Light in Holy Scripture is always relational—it reveals, it warms, it guides, and it gives life. When Christ appears, darkness is dispelled. This is the light of repentance; it shines light on shame and allows for a reorientation—turning away from what diminishes us, what makes us less, and turning toward the One who offers light and life. Read more »
 

Saying Yes to God's Call

December 14, 2025 - by Dn. Jeff Smith
The danger is not loving our families; the danger is letting our gifts overshadow the Giver. Christ does not call us to abandon our relationships and responsibilities but to hold them lightly. When our possessions become our identity, when they become the sources of meaning that we cling to tightly, they, of course, become our idols. Read more »
 

 

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Upcoming Services and Events

Thursday, January 22
9 amNeighbor Outreach Cooking
Saturday, January 24
9 am Neighbor Outreach Cooking
Sunday, January 25
Annual parish meeting after liturgy
8:45 amOrthros
10 amDivine Liturgy
11:30 amMemorials
Sunday, February 1
8:45 amOrthros
10 amDivine Liturgy
Monday, February 2
Feast of the Presentation of our Lord to the Temple
Saturday, February 7
5 pmGreat Vespers
Sunday, February 8
8:45 amOrthros
10 amDivine Liturgy
Thursday, February 12
9 amNeighbor Outreach Cooking

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Spiritual Quotes

 

"The great virtue of the monastic orders in Catholicism—each with an emphasis on a different work or form of manifesting love—is the recognition of the plurality of styles. Each one manifests his faith according to his personality. There’s no mandatory style. Ana is entirely Christian, but she wrongly believes that only her style—the uninterrupted seraphic smile, the unctuous gestures and folded hands, the exclusive use of pious words—is the only currency with value. In the Patericon it’s very clear: not even the Christian lifestyle of a great hermit in the Thebaid is incomparable and inimitable. The lifestyle of a random poor cobbler in Alexandria, a married man and father of children, can be higher than that practiced by St Anthony himself, the great ascetic."

      - Fr. Nicholas Steinhardt, The Journal of Joy

 

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