ST. STEPHEN NEMANJA ORTHODOX CHURCH
216 Park Avenue, Bisbee, Arizona 85603
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5666, Bisbee, Arizona 85603.
UPCOMING AT ST STEPHEN NEMANJA
Our next scheduled service will take place at St Stephen Nemanja on July 13, the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. On the Julian Calendar followed by the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Synaxis of the Holy Apostles is also celebrated that day.
In the absence of Fr John, Deacon Joseph will be leading a Typika (Obednitsa) Service, with hymns, readings and communion. The service will begin at 10:00 AM, with refreshments afterwards in the church hall.
HISTORY OF ST STEPHEN NEMANJA
The Serbian Orthodox presence in Bisbee goes back to the late 1880s. While some of these early immigrants went into business, most went to work in the mines. Their importance for the local economy can be seen in Bisbee’s “copper man” statue, for which a Serbian miner served as model. Many of these early immigrants became American citizens, but they retained a love for the Orthodox Christian faith of their homeland. Newspaper articles document visits by early priests for baptisms and special occasions – most notably Fr. Sebastian Dabovich, American-born son of Serbian immigrants who was canonized in 2015 as St. Sebastian of Jackson and San Francisco.