
Welcome to the official website of the Parish of Our Lady of Tenderness Russian Orthodox Church in Madison, Wisconsin
Our Parish
A Russian Orthodox Mission was started in Madison in 1950 and existed for 18 years. It was located in the Greek Orthodox church. A Russian priest came from Milwaukee every other Saturday and conducted services.
With the blessing of the Most Reverend Peter, Bishop of Cleveland and with the fraternal permission of the then rector of the Greek Church, Reverend Father Michael (Richard) Vanderhoef, a Russian mission was reopened in January of 2013 in the same Greek church, nurtured by Archpriest Vasyl Kuzmych, rector of Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in Milwaukee. On Saturday the 12th of January, after a 45-year break, the first Liturgy was served in the Church Slavonic language.
Many thanks to the rector of the Greek parish, Fr. Christodoulos, and to the parish council for graciously loaning their church to our Russian mission.


Our Priest
Father Artemii Makartetskiy has been ministering to our parish since 2024. Father Artemii was born in Chernihiv, Ukraine. He graduated from the Poltava Missionary Theological Seminary in 2000.
In addition to caring for our parish, Father Artemii is the rector of the Orthodox children's school at the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in Chicago.
Under Father Artemii's care, our mission has gained stability, expanded, and attracted new parishioners.
Service Schedule
9:00 am - Hours and Confession
9:30 am – Liturgy
11:30 am – Agape Meal
Service Times
February 28th
March 14th
March 28th
April 18th
April 25
Montly Observances
February 15th (new style) / February 2th (old style). THE MEETING OF OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. Meatfare Sunday, the Last Judgment
February 22th (new style) / February 9th (old style). Fast for Great Lent. Commemoration of Adam's Expulsion. Forgiveness Sunday
March 1st (new style) / February 16th (old style). First Sunday of Great Lent. Triumph of Orthodoxy
March 8th (new style) / February 23th (old style). Uncovering of the Relics of Blessed Matrona of Moscow. Second Sunday of Great Lent.
Contact
Services are held at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, 11 N 7th Street, Madison, WI 53704
Location
Phone
(360) 702-7232 - Father Artemii Makartetskiy
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