St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Church
St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at West 96th Street in Oak Lawn, IL 60453. It is one of 51 churches in Oak Lawn.
West 96th Street, Oak Lawn, IL, 60453Phone: +1 708-599-1984 · Website: https://www.stmaryschicago.com
St. Mary's 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.
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The community around St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.9%
- Food Insecurity: 23.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
- Child Poverty: 25.5% (9.8–41.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
- Depression: 23.0%
- Poverty Rate: 17.3% (7.9–26.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Oak Lawn village is served by 31 churches — about one congregation for every 1,898 residents.
Churches near St. Mary's Malankara Orthodox Church
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness — 0.3 mi away
- Refreshing Springs Congregational Church — 0.6 mi away
- Hope Chapel Foursquare Church — 0.6 mi away
- Hope Chapel — 0.6 mi away
- Blank Canvas Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Marys Church — 0.8 mi away
- Faith Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.9 mi away
- Oak Lawn Community Church — 0.9 mi away
- Rios de Agua Viva Oak Lawn — 0.9 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church — 2.3 mi away in Palos Hills, IL
- Archangel Michael Eastern Orthodox Church — 2.7 mi away in Burbank, IL
- Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church — 3 mi away
- Hellenic Orthodox Church — 3.2 mi away in Alsip, IL
- St Luke's Orthodox Church — 3.3 mi away in Palos Hills, IL