St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church
St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 1277 North Paul Drive in Inverness, FL 34453. It is one of 45 churches in Inverness.
The Misson of the Orthodox Church in America, the local autocephalous Orthodox Christian Church, is to be faithful in fulfilling the commandment of Christ to "Go into all the world and make disciples of nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. . . ."
Welcome to St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church. We are an American Orthodox Church, part of the Orthodox Church in America, which is an autocephalous (self-governing) church headquartered in Syosset, New York.
Serving since 2000
1277 North Paul Drive, Inverness, FL, 34453Service times
- Sunday 10am
Website: https://straphaelchurch.org/
St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 110 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Florida — 2,098 across the United States on The Church Map.
Orthodoxy has carried the worship of the ancient church essentially unbroken since the first centuries, and it has never let the rest of us settle for a gospel that only forgives — it insists God intends to make his people like himself. Its liturgy, its icons, and its theology of the Trinity are wells the whole church keeps returning to.
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Upcoming events at St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church
- Thu, Aug 6 · All day: TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD
- Thu, Aug 6 · 4 PM: Akathist to St. Herman of Alaska
- Sat, Aug 8 · 4 PM: Great Vespers
- Sun, Aug 9 · All day: Glorification of Venerable Herman of Alaska
- Sun, Aug 9 · 9 AM: Choir Practice
From St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church's public calendar (https://straphaelchurch.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 10 the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Diabetes: 15.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.1% (6.3–16.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St. Raphael of Brooklyn Orthodox Church
- Hernando Church of the Nazarene — 0.9 mi away in Hernando, FL
- First Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Hernando, FL
- First Hispanic Church — 1.3 mi away
- New Testament Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Church of the Living God — 1.4 mi away in Hernando, FL
- Calvary Christian Center — 1.5 mi away
- Agape Kids Daycare & Preschool — 1.5 mi away
- Mount Zion AME Church — 1.5 mi away in Hernando, FL
- Calvary Church — 1.5 mi away
- Trinity Independent Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church — 8.8 mi away in Lecanto, FL
- Sts. Joachim & Anna Orthodox Church — 14.2 mi away in Oxford, FL