Falling Asleep of Ever-Virgin Mary Church

The history of St Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Church in St Paul began about the year 1910.  Like other ethnic immigrant groups, Romanians arrived in a land of strange customs and new life styles.On May 18, 1913, less than three years after its formation, the benefit society “Augustina” voted to establish a parish with the name “Biserica Greco-Orientala Orthodoxa Romana Sfanta Maria,” and the concept of a St Mary’s Romanian Orthodox Church of St Paul, MN was started.On November 9, 1913, the hard wor...