Saint Demetrius Greek Orthodox Church
Saint Demetrius Greek Orthodox Church is a Greek Orthodox church in Waukegan, IL 60085. It is one of 105 churches in Waukegan.
Waukegan, IL, 60085Saint Demetrius Greek Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 127 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Illinois — 2,336 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 Saint Demetrius Greek Orthodox Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 30.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.2%
- Obesity: 41.8%
- Social Isolation: 35.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.9% (12.3–23.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
- Child Poverty: 24.6% (8.6–40.6%)
- Diabetes: 14.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Waukegan city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 2,641 residents.
Churches near Saint Demetrius Greek Orthodox Church
- Waukegan Hispanic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Anastasia Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Loving Arms church Waukegan out reach programs — 0.2 mi away
- Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Foursquare Gospel — 0.5 mi away
- Misión Cristiana El Calvario — 0.5 mi away
- St John's Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Shalem Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Waukegan Community Church — 0.8 mi away
- Gideon Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Saint Nikolas Serbian Orthodox Church — 1 mi away
- Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church — 5.1 mi away in Libertyville, IL
- New Gracanica Monastery — 8.6 mi away in Third Lake, IL
- Saint Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church — 8.8 mi away in Mettawa, IL
- Ascension of Our Lord Greek Orthodox Church — 11.6 mi away in Lincolnshire, IL