St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church
St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church is a Catholic church at 5422 N Mascher St in Philadelphia, PA 19120-2908. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 59 Catholic congregations in the city.
The St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Church, Philadelphia (formerly known as St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church, Inc.) is a parish of the Northeast American Diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.
Serving since 1997
5422 N Mascher St, Philadelphia, PA, 19120-2908Phone: (215) 927-6145 · Website: https://stthomasphiladelphia.org/about-us/parish/
St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,107 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 18,927 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.
Ministries at St. Thomas Malankara Orthodox Church
- Sunday School
- Men’s Forum
- Marth Mariam Samajam
- Couple’s Forum
- GROW Ministry
- Campus Ministry
- Middle School Fellowship (CAYA)
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The community around St. Thomas Malankara 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 a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,100 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
- Diabetes: 18.3%
- Obesity: 37.6%
- Poverty Rate: 18.9% (7.7–30.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%
- Unemployment: 7.7% (2.8–12.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
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- Overcomers — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Philadelphia Bible Church International — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Lutheran Church Olney — 0.2 mi away
- Heart of Worship Restoration Center — 0.2 mi away
- St. James United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pentecostal Adulam — 0.3 mi away
- Olney Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
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- Saint Helena Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
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- Our Lady of Hope Catholic Parish — 1.2 mi away
- Saint William Roman Catholic Church — 1.7 mi away
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