St. Mary The Protectress Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

About this church

St. Mary the Protectress Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church celebrates Liturgy Sundays at 9:30 a.m. at 3176 Saint Paul Boulevard in Rochester. Vespers begins Saturdays at 6:00, and a Moleben prayer service for Ukraine is held Wednesdays at 7:00. The parish is affiliated with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, and its official introduction says the Liturgy is conducted and sung in Ukrainian with English inserts, preserving a Ukrainian spiritual inheritance while serving the present community.

The congregation began when Ukrainian Orthodox immigrants organized between 1950 and 1952 and celebrated their first Liturgy in a rented Sellinger Street building. It opened a Ukrainian Studies Saturday School in 1955 that eventually served hundreds of parish and community children. After purchasing five acres on Saint Paul Boulevard in 1970, members built a parish center and later the church dedicated in 1982. Today the same cultural continuity appears in homemade Ukrainian food sales, a Sisterhood, and parish events alongside the regular services. Someone exploring Orthodoxy or seeking a Ukrainian church in Rochester can therefore expect Ukrainian worship with some English, a consistent Saturday–Sunday liturgical rhythm, ongoing prayer for Ukraine, and a community shaped by immigrant faith and volunteer-built institutions.

Researched from the church’s official website and reviewed August 24, 2026. Sources: Official homepage, UOC of USA affiliation, bilingual Liturgy, mission, and food · Official service schedule · Official church history, founding, school, property, and construction · Official about page, address and parish contacts

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