The Orthodox Church of Saint John the Russian
The Orthodox Church of Saint John the Russian is a Russian Orthodox church at 16 Mount Pleasant Avenue in Ipswich, MA 01938. It is one of 10 churches in Ipswich.
Welcome to the Orthodox Church of St. John the Russian located in the colonial town of Ipswich, MA!
Serving since 1976
16 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Ipswich, MA, 01938Phone: (978) 815-3384 · Website: https://stjohntherussian.com/
The Orthodox Church of Saint John the Russian is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 91 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Massachusetts — 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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Latest from The Orthodox Church of St. John The Russian's YouTube channel: Vespers 13 September 2026 (all videos).
The community around The Orthodox Church of Saint John the Russian
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand 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.
- Social Isolation: 29.3%
- Depression: 23.4%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near The Orthodox Church of Saint John the Russian
- Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church Study — 0.3 mi away
- Living Faith United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Church in Ipswich — 0.4 mi away
- Ascension Memorial Church — 0.4 mi away
- Our Lady of Hope Parish — 0.5 mi away
- FPC Northshore — 1.3 mi away
- St. John The Confessor Orthodox Church — 1.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Rowley — 3.1 mi away in Rowley, MA
- First Congregational Church — 3.1 mi away in Rowley, MA
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. John The Confessor Orthodox Church — 1.6 mi away
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 9.1 mi away in Newburyport, MA
- Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church — 10.8 mi away in Salem, MA
- Saint Vasilios Church — 11.2 mi away in Peabody, MA
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