St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church
St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church is a Byzantine/ruthenian Catholic church at 5 East 20th Street in Hazleton, PA 18201-1916. It is one of 22 churches in Hazleton.
The origin of St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church can be traced to St. Mary's (Assumption) Byzantine Catholic Church which is at Beach and Cedar streets in Hazleton, PA.
5 East 20th Street, Hazleton, PA, 18201-1916Phone: (570) 454-1142 · Website: https://stjohnbyz-hazleton.org/
St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,111 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 18,933 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
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The community around St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. That is two thousand 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: 42.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.0% (11.9–28.0%)
- Depression: 23.1%
- Poverty Rate: 19.6% (9.6–29.7%)
- Diabetes: 14.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church
- Hazleton Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- St John the Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Our Lady of Grace — 0.5 mi away
- Queen of Heaven Parish Hazleton — 0.5 mi away
- St. John's Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Iglesia Jesus Rey de Gloria — 0.7 mi away
- Zion Church — 1.1 mi away
- Maranatha Seventh Day Adventist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Hazleton Area Reformed Presbyterian Church — 1.1 mi away
- christ luthern church — 1.1 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- St Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church — 1.6 mi away
- Holy Rosary Church — 1.7 mi away
- Good Shepherd Church — 3 mi away in Drums, PA
- Saints Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church — 4 mi away in Beaver Meadows, PA
- St. Michael's Catholic Church — 4 mi away in Tresckow, PA
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