St. Gregory of Nyssa Orthodox Church
St. Gregory of Nyssa Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 2219 Summit Street in Columbus, OH 43201. It is one of 1,054 churches in Columbus, and one of 3 Orthodox congregations in the city.
In preserving our founding mission, this English-speaking Orthodox Church in the Ohio State University District, Columbus, Ohio has been established to provide a place for authentic Christian worship, teaching and education, outreach to those in our neighborhood, ministries for young and old, and an
We are a diverse and growing Orthodox Christian community of Central Ohio, bearing witness to the Faith through love, service, and commitment to our neighborhood and area college students.
2219 Summit Street, Columbus, OH, 43201Phone: +1-614-261-6006 · Website: https://stgregs.info/
St. Gregory of Nyssa Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 109 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Ohio — 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 St. Gregory of Nyssa Orthodox Church
- Adult Classes
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The community around St. Gregory of Nyssa Orthodox Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,500 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.
- Poverty Rate: 50.8%
- Social Isolation: 46.4%
- Depression: 34.6%
- Food Insecurity: 24.9%
- Unemployment: 9.2% (2.8–15.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (5.6–21.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Columbus city is served by 545 churches — about one congregation for every 1,492 residents.
Churches near St. Gregory of Nyssa Orthodox Church
- CCO Buckeyes — 0.2 mi away
- Indianola Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Maynard Avenue United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Sparkling Unicorn — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Name Church — 0.3 mi away
- North Columbus Friends Meeting — 0.4 mi away
- Xenos Christian Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
- Indianola Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Central Vineyard — 0.5 mi away
- Student Christian Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Saint Sophia Orthodox Cathedral — 1.1 mi away
- St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Orthodox Church — 1.4 mi away
- Holy Cross Orthodox Church — 2.1 mi away
- Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple Orthodox Church — 2.4 mi away
- Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation — 2.5 mi away