Kursk Icon of the Mother of God Church
Edgar
WI

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Mother of God Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox Church commemorating the Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God. Our parish, located in Edgar, WI, is a mission of the Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America (ROCOR). Our mission is to serve the central Wisconsin area with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Rev. Edward Batchko

Priest

From I-39 at Wausau:

Take Hwy 29 West (Exit 191A- Abbotsford/Chippewa Falls)

Drive about 12 miles (look for the cell tower) & turn North on County S (Rib Falls).

Go 4 miles and turn East (right) on East 21st St.

The church will be about 1/2 mile on the left, look for the onion dome

Saturdays, 5:00pm - Small Vigil w/Confession as needed

Sundays 9:30am - Divine Liturgy w/ Agape Feast

Services are every other weekend. Watch message board for current schedule and Feast day services.

Service Times last updated on the 8th of September, 2019

In the 13th century, the Kursk region, as well as the rest of Russia at the time, was subjected to terrible decimation by the Tatar invasion. The city of Kursk was completely destroyed and grew into a wild, overgrown forest, populated by wild animals. The residents of the city of Ryl’sk, 90 versts (60 miles), who had somehow been spared from a Tatar invasion, would go there to hunt. And it happened that in 1295, on the feast day of the Nativity of the Mother of God, a small troupe of hunters from Ryl’sk arrived at the Tuskor River, 27 versts (18 miles) from Kursk, to hunt. One of them, a pious and honorable man, seeking prey in the woods, found a small icon lying face down at the root of a tree. He had barely lifted the icon from the ground to inspect it, when a strong wellspring of pure water burst forth from the very spot where the icon lay. The icon turned out to be of the Mother of God “of the Sign” type. The hunter realized that this was no ordinary icon. He summoned his fellow hunters, and together they cut down timber and erected a small chapel where they placed the newly-found icon. The people of Ryl’sk, learning of the icon, began to visit it for veneration, and many miracles occurred as a result.