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
= Sunday, August 10, Divine Liturgy with Fr. John Erickson and Dn. Joseph Josephson, 9th Sunday after Pentecost,10:00 AM, followed by refreshments. If you sing, please plan to gather in the hall at 9:10 for some rehearsal time with Popadijas Helen and Ronnie-Sue.
= Sunday August 24, Typika/Obednitsa Service with Communion, led by Dn. Joseph, 11th Sunday after Pentecost,10:00 AM, followed by light refreshments appropriate for the Dormition Fast. Singers, please gather in the hall at 9:10 for some rehearsal time with Popadijas Helen and Ronnie-Sue. This will include special music for the Feast of the Transfiguration, which falls during preceding week.
= Sunday September 14, Divine Liturgy with Fr. John and Dn. Joseph, 14th Sunday after Pentecost, 10:00 AM, followed by refreshments in the hall. Singers, please gather in the hall at 9:10 for some rehearsal time with Popadija Ronnie-Sue. (Popadija Helen will be away that week.) On the Julian Calendar followed in our church, this day is September 1, which marks the Indiction, the ecclesiastical New Year, so we will be singing special music for the occasion.
= Sunday September 28, Typika/Obednitsa Service with Communion, led by Dn. Joseph,16th Sunday after Pentecost,10:00 AM, followed by light refreshments. Singers, please gather in the hall at 9:10 for some rehearsal time with Popadija Ronnie-Sue. (Both Popadjia Helen and Fr John will be away.) This Sunday falls on the day after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and special music for the feast will play an important role in our service.
For more about worship and activities at St. Stephen Nemanja, from prosphora making to our men’s discussion group, please get in touch with Fr. John or Dn. Joseph via the contact information at the end of this website.
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.