St. Stephen the First Martyr Orthodox Mission
under the omiphorion of Archbishop JOB, the Diocese of the Midwest, The Orthodox Church in America
3560 Shawnee Road, Lima, Ohio 45806 * fr.mark.hodges@juno.com * (419) 224-8600  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES

Vespers: Saturdays
at 6:30 pm

Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 10:30 am

Feastday Liturgies: 10:30 a.m.

Church School:
Following the
Sunday Liturgy

Nursing Home Visitation:
First Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm




Front of the Church

Driving directions to our Church

FROM THE NORTH:
Take I-75 south to the last Lima exit, called BREESE Road (also for Fort Shawnee), exit #120. Turn RIGHT (west) onto Breese Road, and go straight through the light at Dixie Highway (Highway 25).  Stay on Breese Road for one mile or less to a main intersection with a light at SHAWNEE Road. Turn RIGHT (north) on Shawnee Road, and our little church is only a few yards up on your left. The address is 3560 Shawnee Road.

 

FROM THE SOUTH:
Take I-75 north to the first Lima exit (also for Fort Shawnee), called BREESE Road, exit #120. Turn LEFT (east) onto Breese Road, and go straight through the light at Dixie Highway (Highway 25).  Stay on Breese Road for one mile or less to a main intersection with a light at SHAWNEE Road. Turn RIGHT (north) on Shawnee Road, and our little church is only a few yards up on your left. The address is 3560 Shawnee Road.

 

FROM THE EAST:
US-33 west to the Highway 117 exit toward HUNTSVILLE/LIMA. Turn RIGHT (north)
on Highway 117 toward Lima, and stay on 117 for about 25 miles, to Lima. You will come
to a major intersection where 117 crosses Highway 309 (there is a Speedway and a
McDonalds at the intersection). Turn LEFT onto Highway 309 (it also happens to be a
continuation of 117), just to the exit for I-75 south.  Take I-75 south to BREESE Road (also for Fort Shawnee), exit #120. Turn RIGHT (west) onto Breese Road, and go straight through the light at Dixie Highway (Highway 25).  Stay on Breese Road for one mile or less to a main intersection with a light at SHAWNEE Road.  Turn RIGHT (north) on Shawnee Road, and our little church is only a few yards up on your left. The address is 3560 Shawnee Road.

 

FROM THE WEST:
US-30 east to the Highway 309 exit toward LIMA. Take 309 (called Elida Road)
all the way past the Lima Mall to the intersection of 309 and CABLE Road.  Turn RIGHT (south) on Cable Road and take it past Allentown Road, Market Street and Elm Street, until Cable Road ends, at its "T-crossing" with SPENCERVILLE ROAD (also called Highway 117). Turn RIGHT (west) onto Spencerville Road, which quickly curves south, and changes name to SHAWNEE Road.  You will quickly come to an intersection (with a funeral home and a "Pony Keg" liquor store) where 117 and Spencerville Road go off to the right, but GO STRAIGHT through the intersection, staying on Shawnee Road.  Stay on Shawnee Road past Fort Amanda Road and across railroad tracks until you see a large facility called "Apollo Career Center" on your left. The church will be on your right shortly after Apollo Career Center. The address is 3560 Shawnee Road.  (If you get to Breese Road, you have gone too far.)
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Psalm 46: "Come, behold the works of the Lord, the wonders He brought on the earth."

John 1:46: "And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

The scriptures are taken from the Orthodox Study Bible

3560 Shawnee Road   -  Lima, Ohio 45806    (419) 224-8600