St John's Byzantine Church
St John's Byzantine Church is a Greek_orthodox church at 310 Broadway Street in Scranton, PA 18505. It is one of 88 churches in Scranton, and one of 3 Greek_orthodox congregations in the city.
310 Broadway Street, Scranton, PA, 18505St John's Byzantine Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St John's Byzantine Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 30.5% (20.3–40.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
- Unemployment: 14.1% (7.2–21.0%)
- Diabetes: 15.1%
- Obesity: 38.9%
- Child Poverty: 26.0% (6.2–45.8%)
- Depression: 24.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Scranton city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 2,306 residents.
Churches near St John's Byzantine Church
- Salvation Army Worship & Service Center — 0.2 mi away
- Hickory Street Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- St Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic — 0.6 mi away
- St Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana JehovÁ Es Mi Socorro Salmo 121 Inc — 0.6 mi away
- United Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Trinity Congregational Church — 0.6 mi away
- St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Peter's Cathedral — 0.6 mi away