St. Basil the Great Orthodox Church

St. Basil the Great Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 9 Lord Avenue in Simpson, PA 18407.

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9 Lord Avenue, Simpson, PA, 18407

Service times

  • Sunday 10:30am

Phone: +1-570-903-2197 · Website: https://stbasilsimpson.org/

St. Basil the Great Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story.

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Upcoming events at St. Basil the Great Orthodox Church

  • Sun, Aug 2 · 10:30 AM: Divine Liturgy
  • Thu, Aug 6 · All day: Transfiguration of the Lord
  • Sat, Aug 8 · 11 AM: Vespers
  • Sun, Aug 9 · All day: St. Herman of Alaska
  • Thu, Aug 13 · All day: St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

From St. Basil the Great Orthodox Church's public calendar (https://stbasilsimpson.org/). Times are the church's local time.

The community around St. Basil the Great Orthodox Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 36.2%
  • Depression: 26.0%
  • Child Poverty: 25.8% (11.6–40.0%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 20.3% (12.3–28.3%)
  • Diabetes: 13.2%
  • Unemployment: 7.0% (2.0–11.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

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