Saint Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church
Saint Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 315 27th Avenue in Bellwood, IL 60104. It is one of 18 churches in Bellwood.
Serving since 1928
315 27th Avenue, Bellwood, IL, 60104Phone: (708) 544-8301 · Website: https://stgregorioscathedral.com/
Saint Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 121 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Illinois — 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.
Ministries at Saint Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church
- Sunday School
- Women's Wing
- Student Movement
- Youth Movement
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The community around Saint Gregorios Malankara Orthodox 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,300 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.
- Food Insecurity: 31.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.5%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
- Diabetes: 16.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.1%
- Obesity: 38.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
- Unemployment: 6.8% (3.2–10.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Bellwood village is served by 9 churches — about one congregation for every 2,067 residents.
Churches near Saint Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Church
- Empowerment Church — 0.1 mi away
- True Vine Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Cathedral Church of The Apostolic Faith — 0.3 mi away
- Miracle Revival Center — 0.4 mi away in Maywood, IL
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Melrose Park, IL
- Christian Unity Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Maywood, IL
- United Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Maywood, IL
- The King's Daughters Ministry — 0.5 mi away in Maywood, IL
- Neighborhood United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away in Maywood, IL
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Saint John the Baptist Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church — 1 mi away
- Saint Peters Syrian Orthodox Church — 2.3 mi away in Northlake, IL
- Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church — 3.6 mi away in Westchester, IL
- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church — 4.2 mi away in Schiller Park, IL