First Greek American Orthodox Church
First Greek American Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church in East Chicago, IN 46312. It is one of 89 churches in East Chicago, and one of 3 Orthodox congregations in the city.
East Chicago, IN, 46312First Greek American Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 44 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Indiana — 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 First Greek American Orthodox Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,300 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.
- Obesity: 45.7%
- Food Insecurity: 38.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.3%
- Diabetes: 19.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.0%
- Social Isolation: 35.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
- Poverty Rate: 22.6% (11.9–33.3%)
- Unemployment: 11.0% (3.7–18.3%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (7.7–20.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
East Chicago city is served by 55 churches — about one congregation for every 479 residents.
Churches near First Greek American Orthodox Church
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- East Chicago Church — 0.1 mi away
- Evangelistic Temple Shalom — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Nicholas Greek Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Basil's Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal, M.I Plenitud y Vida — 0.2 mi away
- Good Shepherd Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mision Cristiana Roca Eterna — 0.3 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Saint George Serbian Orthodox Church — 1.7 mi away
- Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church — 1.8 mi away
- Three Saints Independent Romanian Orthodox Church — 2 mi away
- Saint Dumitru Romanian Orthodox Church — 2.1 mi away
- Saint Nicholas American Russian Orthodox Church — 2.4 mi away in Hammond, IN
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