Russian Old Rite Orthodox Church of the Nativity
Russian Old Rite Orthodox Church of the Nativity is a Orthodox church at 247 East Front Street in Erie, PA 16507. It is one of 205 churches in Erie, and one of 3 Orthodox congregations in the city.
The Church of the Nativity of Christ is a Russian Orthodox Old Rite parish located in Erie, Pennsylvania.
247 East Front Street, Erie, PA, 16507Service times
- Sunday 7:30am · July Midnight Service - Hours Liturgy -
- Sunday 8:15am · July Midnight Service - Hours Liturgy -
Website: http://www.churchofthenativity.net/
Russian Old Rite Orthodox Church of the Nativity 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 Russian Old Rite Orthodox Church of the Nativity
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 34.6% (21.5–47.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.9%
- Obesity: 43.5%
- Child Poverty: 38.0% (21.2–54.8%)
- Diabetes: 15.5%
- Depression: 24.6%
- Unemployment: 6.9% (1.2–12.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Erie city is served by 103 churches — about one congregation for every 920 residents.
Churches near Russian Old Rite Orthodox Church of the Nativity
- Church of the Holy Trinity — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Deliverance Church of the Apostolic Faith — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Hedwig Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mary Seat of Wisdom Chapel — 0.5 mi away
- Abundant Life Ministries Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Life and Spirit Revival Center — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal M.I. Renacer — 0.6 mi away
- Cathedral of Saint Paul — 0.6 mi away
- Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania — 0.6 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Saint Mary's Orthodox Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church — 1.2 mi away
- Koimisis Tis Theotokou Church — 6.2 mi away
- Saint Nicholas Church — 21.2 mi away in Edinboro, PA
- Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church — 22.6 mi away in Crossingville, PA