St. George Coptic Orthodox
St. George Coptic Orthodox is a Coptic Orthodox church at 411 Dekalb Street in Norristown, PA 19401. It is one of 72 churches in Norristown.
St. George Coptic Orthodox Church was established in 1969, as the fourth Coptic Church in America, with only about 30-50 families at the time.
Serving since 1969
411 Dekalb Street, Norristown, PA, 19401Phone: (610) 272-7615 · Website: https://www.stgeorgephilly.org
St. George Coptic Orthodox is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 12 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Pennsylvania — 245 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Syriac churches have held the faith under pressure longer than almost anyone — Ethiopia has worshiped Christ continuously since the fourth century, and the Armenian church has buried martyrs in nearly every generation since. Their endurance is a gift to a church that has grown used to comfort.
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The community around St. George Coptic Orthodox
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.
- Obesity: 41.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.0% (7.4–30.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Norristown borough is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 1,231 residents.
Churches near St. George Coptic Orthodox
- First Presbyterian Church at Norristown — 0.1 mi away
- St. John's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Tabernacle House of Prayer — 0.1 mi away
- Release Church — 0.1 mi away
- Kingdom Builders Deliverance Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Redemption1010 — 0.2 mi away
- New Life Mennonite Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Hill Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Hill FBH Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia de Dios Casa de Juda — 0.2 mi away
More Oriental Orthodox churches nearby
- Saint Mary & Saint Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church — 3.2 mi away in Conshohocken, PA
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