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  This is a great church with long standing traditional Divine Liturgy that helps focus one's spirit toward peace and cleansing prior to Eucharist. Speaking as an outsider who married into the faith and converted to Orthodoxy, it may not be the easiest group to join into but I have found by volunteering for different missions such as meals on wheels and blood drive that I have grown very close to a large number of congregants. I treasure my friends there and have no idea what kind of cars they drive. The church is a strong member of the community with broad outreach programs. The facility is beautifully perched atop the eastern bluffs overlooking Lake Calhoun.

  Added June 03, 2017 by Bill Sweatt
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  Perhaps one star is too drastic a rating but I have attended this church all my life (more than fifty-five years) and have not attended since 2007 because of the arrogance, pretentiousness, unfriendliness and absolute meanness of the parish (especially the men). In May, 2013, I had knee replacement surgery and was visited by the outreach coordinator several times at the nursing home, but through my six month recuperation and my absence of nine years I have never heard from any person either by phone, email or letter except during pledge month when I receive a mail packet. The congregation has long standing cliques and it is difficult to socially penetrate these. I have suggested that the church (and other Orthodox churches in the Twin Cities area) can do more for middle aged singles but they refuse to take any action. The priest has inserted his favorites and other high dues paying members into important positions for consolidation of power thus leaving many more competent persons alienated and estranged, a very unfair circumstance. New sacred music is not allowed: only 1500 year old Byzantine music which has been "Anglicized" and "retrofitted" into English to appeal to newly married persons who have married outside the faith and brought the new member into the church. Virtually, it is the same ritualistic liturgy which transpires every Sunday. Various Christians are at different levels of spiritual growth and I, personally, find the liturgy tiresome and repetitive and need something more spiritual with a teaching of the Word. We have tried to lobby for normalization and functionalization of the church at the Diocesan level but to no avail. Like many churches and its relation to its youth, the Greek Orthodox Church is in spiritual crisis. Highly unfriendly people--into status, clothes, big homes, huge cars and vacations in Greece. A better use of time devoted to worshiping the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit would be to listen to Dr. Charles Stanley, Joel Osteen, and Joyce Meyer on youtube. The Greek Orthodox church in St. Paul is worse. I have attended many times and talked to their priest on many occasions--they have a difficult situation also.
  After more than fifty years of attending this church, I assert that it is a highly toxic atmosphere, filled with congregants who are mean spirited, caustic, selfish, unfriendly and status seeking. It needs a total spiritual cleaning because the congregants have such great personality problems and dysfunctional, abnormal personalities.
  The men of the congregation like to denigrate other men. For example, I was told by one member (who is a restaurant owner) that I always seem to wear the same suit and on another occasion another member who owns his own trucking company that my politics are not correct. I do not know why they do this but, presumably, it makes them feel better about themselves. Most belong to the "Show and Tell" group: they show up at church every Sunday to be certain everyone sees them and they pray, prostrate and bow so that they seem religious. They are no more of a good Christian than the worst atheist. They do corrupt things all week and do not really take the gospel to heart. Would you want to attend here?

  Added May 26, 2017 by mgbsecteacher
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  I have been a member for 44 years. I have always felt that I was accepted by the membership. I was a convert from a protestant church and studied the Orthodox faith for 1 year before I became a member. No church is perfect because people are not perfect but I have found you will be loved when you give love

  Added March 27, 2017 by Robert Kennedy
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  St. Mary's blends our Orthodox faith and traditions with the contemporary needs of God's people. Our clergy and congregation are forward thinking while rooted in Scripture. Our family's church home for 4 generations.

  Added December 14, 2016 by Terri Leckas
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  Its a beautiful church that combines orthodoxy and modern building and designing. The people were rally kind when i went for the oratorical festival and the priest was kind when i did my speech. Love the church

  Added December 10, 2016 by Dimitri Vuyadinov