St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is a Russian Orthodox church at 2513 West 4th Street in Chester, PA 19013. It is one of 108 churches in Chester.
2513 West 4th Street, Chester, PA, 19013St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 217 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Pennsylvania — 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 St. Nicholas 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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,300 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.
- Child Poverty: 64.1% (45.1–83.1%)
- Obesity: 45.1%
- Poverty Rate: 33.9% (20.9–46.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
- Unemployment: 16.0% (6.5–25.5%)
- Diabetes: 17.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Chester city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 384 residents.
Churches near St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
- Praise Worship and Favour Community Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Victory Over the World — 0.1 mi away
- St Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Hedwig's — 0.1 mi away
- St Hedwigs Church — 0.1 mi away
- Kingdom Culture Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Hedwig's Convent — 0.1 mi away
- Chester Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- The Well Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Prayer Center Church of Deliverance — 0.3 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- St Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church — 6 mi away in Wilmington, DE
- Saint George Greek Orthodox Church — 7.6 mi away in Media, PA
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