Diocese: Diocese of the West
Deanery: Rocky Mountain Deanery
Address
66 St. Anthony Way
Bozeman, Montana 59715
Website: orthodoxbozeman.org
Office: 406-600-7409
Parish Contacts
Bozeman, MT 59718
Directions
General Location
St. Anthony the Great Orthodox Church is located at 66 Saint Anthony Way, just west of Bozeman, near the intersection of two main roads: Love Lane & Valley Center Road.
Schedule of Services
6:00 p.m. - Great Vespers
Saturday Evening
8:00 a.m. - Matins. 9:30 a.m. - Divine Liturgy
8:55 - 9:25 a.m. - Church School (4 yr old - 12th grade)
Sunday Morning
6:00 p.m. - Vespers. 7:00 p.m. - Orthodoxy 101 Class
Wednesday Evening
7:00 am - Divine Liturgy
Thursday Morning (moved for special feasts)
6:30 a.m. - Matins
Friday Morning
(Vigils and Divine Liturgy are also served for Great Feasts). For a complete list of upcoming services, please visit the link to the current Bulletin on Schedule page on the parish website.
Confessions are heard during and following Vigil or Sunday morning by appointment.
Parish Background
St. Anthony the Great Orthodox Church is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America. Priests from the OCA (Fr. Paul Jannakos and Fr. Eric Tosi) served in the Bozeman area for over five years before the community was formally recognized as a mission in 1999. Prior to that, the people either drove two hours to Billings or one hour to Butte for services.
From the summer of 2001 to spring of 2012, Fr. Peter Tobias served as the parish’s priest. Fr. Damian Kuolt served as Priest in Charge during 2012 and early 2013. In June 2013, Fr. David Morrison arrived in Bozeman with his wife Matushka Photini (Patti) and their three children to serve St. Anthony parish.
As the mission grew, the parishioners purchased land west of Bozeman, paid for it over a few years, and built the parish’s first worship space in 2014. With its new church building and the increase in members, St. Anthony’s graduated from mission status to become a full-fledged church in 2017. The parish includes individuals and families from many backgrounds, mostly converts (an increasing number of whom first experienced Orthodox Christianity at St. Anthony’s). They intend to break ground for a new temple in 2024.