Orthodox Christian dating in Maine
Orthodox Christian dating in Maine: Greek parishes in Portland, Saco, Lewiston and Bangor, and St Euphemia, an Antiochian parish in Rockland founded in 2020.
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Short answer
A young Orthodox parish has grown up on the Maine coast. St Euphemia in Rockland began in 2020 as a small Antiochian community for the Mid-Coast; a resident priest arrived at the end of 2022, and in 2025 it bought a building and became a full parish. Its own page says that many of its people came to Orthodoxy from Protestant, Catholic or no church at all.
The other four places on this page are Greek parishes in Portland, Saco, Lewiston and Bangor. Portland's describes itself as a multi-national community, most of them immigrants or their children and grandchildren, with its doors always open to the Liturgy.
This page belongs to cana.love, a free site for people who want to marry. It is open to more than the Orthodox, and a section below explains how that works.
Orthodox Christians in Maine
Holy Trinity in Portland says plainly whom it hopes to reach: people who want a deeper and more authentic Christianity at a time when many are leaving Christianity in its Western forms. Its June Greek festival is, in its words, the moment to step inside and look at the icons.
St Demetrios in Saco keeps a page for people new to Orthodoxy and serves the Liturgy on Sunday mornings; Holy Trinity in Lewiston, a parish of the Greek Metropolis of Boston, does the same further inland. St George in Bangor is the furthest north on this page.
Orthodox Studies Institute, 2024; national figures, not Maine's
St Euphemia's story is the one to note if you are coming to the faith as an adult. It says its congregation includes people born Orthodox, catechumens and seekers, and many who were previously Protestant, Roman Catholic, non-denominational or not religious at all.
The Orthodox Studies Institute studied converts nationally, in twenty parishes across six jurisdictions and fifteen states. Of those received since 2013, two thirds were under forty, the thirties were the most common decade, and 44 percent were single when received.
That is the country as a whole; there is no count for Maine. The five addresses below were each checked against the parish's own website on 24 September 2026.
Where the community gathers
The five places fall into four parts of the state: southern Maine, Lewiston, the Mid-Coast, and Bangor.
Southern Maine
Southern Maine holds two: Holy Trinity on Pleasant Street in Portland and St Demetrios on Bradley Street in Saco, about twenty-five minutes apart. Biddeford, next to Saco, also has a Serbian parish, but we found only a social media page for it, so it has no card.
Lewiston
Lewiston holds one: Holy Trinity on Hogan Road, just under an hour north of Portland.
The Mid-Coast
The Mid-Coast holds one: St Euphemia on Park Street in Rockland, which serves Knox County and the coast around it.
Bangor
Bangor holds one: St George on Sanford Street, about two and a half hours from Portland.
Cathedrals and parishes worth knowing
A multi-national Greek parish with Matins at nine and the Divine Liturgy at ten on Sunday, and a Greek festival every June.
133 Pleasant StreetPortland
ME 04101
A Greek parish with a welcome page for people new to Orthodoxy; Orthros at a quarter to nine and the Liturgy by half past nine on Sunday.
186 Bradley StreetSaco
ME 04072
A parish of the Greek Metropolis of Boston, with Orthros at nine and the Liturgy at ten on Sunday.
155 Hogan RoadLewiston
ME 04240
An Antiochian parish of the Diocese of New England, begun as a mission in 2020 and a full parish since 2025, whose members include many converts.
231 Park StreetRockland
ME 04841
The Greek parish of Bangor, the furthest north on this page.
90 Sanford StreetBangor
ME 04401
Distances that decide everything
A diagram, not a map. Driving times, as in the text.
Portland to Saco is about twenty-five minutes, and Portland to Lewiston just under an hour. Rockland is nearly two hours up the coast from Portland, and Bangor two and a half hours north; Rockland to Bangor is about an hour and forty minutes. Boston is a little over two hours south of Portland.
So Orthodox Maine is a cluster around Portland with two parishes further off. A couple in Portland and Saco can meet on a weeknight; someone in Bangor or Rockland is planning a Saturday.
Where you live and whether you would move are both on the cana.love form; best to see them before the first message.
The Orthodox year in Maine
Matins and Orthros
At a quarter to nine in Saco and at nine in Portland and Lewiston.
The Divine Liturgy
At ten in Portland and Lewiston, and by half past nine in Saco.
Portland's Greek festival
Holy Trinity holds it each June, and invites visitors into the church to see the icons.
New to Orthodoxy
St Demetrios in Saco keeps a page for newcomers, and St Euphemia in Rockland says its community includes catechumens and seekers.
A new parish in Rockland
St Euphemia has been a full parish of the Antiochian Archdiocese since 2025.
Morning prayer in Bangor
St George's priest reads Orthros each day and offers to light a candle for anyone who asks online.
Dating across jurisdictions, and with converts
Greek parishes, Portland's made up largely of immigrant families, and a young Antiochian parish with many converts: Orthodox Maine is small and spread along a long coast. Here is how cana.love handles that.
Twelve jurisdictions on one list
Jurisdiction comes early on the form, as a choice among twelve: OCA, ROCOR, Greek, Antiochian, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Carpatho-Russian, Albanian, Catechumen and Other Canonical. In Maine that means Greek for four of the five parishes here and Antiochian for Rockland; someone preparing for reception picks Catechumen.
Practice, asked outright
Practice follows. How often are you at the Liturgy? Do you fast? Are you looking for a husband or a wife? English, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Russian versions of the site are all available.
Checked before it appears
Nobody can see a new profile, or any photograph on it, until it has passed review: first an automated check, then a person for anything that check cannot settle. Asking a fellow member for money is against the published rules, and an account caught in fraud is closed for good, without a warning.
Free, and no password
You will not be asked to pay, now or later, and there is no subscription to cancel. Instead of a password, the site sends a one-time link or code to your email whenever you sign in.
What cana.love is and is not
cana.love is not an Orthodox-only platform.
Catholics and Protestants belong to it as well, and so do people who have not yet settled on a church, provided they hope for the same kind of marriage; your privacy settings decide who can see you. Five Orthodox parishes stretched from Saco to Bangor make a small circle, and a site limited to one jurisdiction would leave most Mainers with no one to write to. What the site does promise, you can check: jurisdiction, practice and intentions are asked on the form and are there to read before you reply. The company running it is Cana SpA, registered in Chile; more on the About page.
Meeting safely
- Meet the first time in daylight and in public, with a time to leave agreed: coffee after the Liturgy, a café in the Old Port in Portland or on Main Street in Rockland. Tell a friend where you will be, and in winter, if it means Route 1 or I-95 in the dark, when you expect to be home. Your address can wait.
- About money, the rule does not bend: until you have met in person, do not send it, do not lend it and do not pay for anyone's travel, whatever the reason. Report anyone who asks; one report is enough for us to look.
Reports, and how to appeal a decision about one, are covered in the community guidelines.
Common questions
Is there an Orthodox parish on the Mid-Coast?
Yes. St Euphemia on Park Street in Rockland, an Antiochian parish founded in 2020 and a full parish since 2025.
I am new to Orthodoxy. Where should I start?
St Demetrios in Saco has a page for newcomers, and St Euphemia in Rockland says many of its members came from other churches or none.
Is there anything in northern Maine?
St George in Bangor is the furthest north on this page.
Is there a Serbian parish?
Biddeford has one, but we found only a social media page for it and could not confirm its schedule.
When is the Portland Greek festival?
Holy Trinity holds it every June; its website gives the dates each year.
Can I use cana.love in Maine?
Yes, from Kittery to Aroostook, from the age of eighteen. It runs in a browser; nothing to download.
Next steps
In southern Maine, try Holy Trinity in Portland one Sunday and St Demetrios in Saco the next. On the coast, visit St Euphemia on a Sunday and talk to its priest afterwards. And if you want to know how someone lives the faith before meeting rather than after, make a free profile on cana.love and read theirs.
Reviewed on September 24, 2026.