St. Anthony the
Great Orthodox Mission
is one of the newest missions of the Orthodox Church in
America.
Priests from the OCA served in the Bozeman area for over five
years before the community received Mission status in 1999. Prior to
that, the people either drove two hours to Billings or one hour to Butte for
services.
In the summer of 2001, Fr. Peter Tobias came to the mission to
serve as its priest.
The Mission has grown to
include close to 20 families from various backgrounds including a large
number of converts. There is also a sizeable student body to draw from
Montana State University that has some Russian and eastern European
students.
St. Anthony
Orthodox Mission is located at 101 Spanish Peak Drive (the intersection
of Spanish Peak Drive and Shedhorn Drive), in the Four Corners area,
west of Bozeman.
