Saint George's Orthodox Church
Saint George's Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 743 South Keyser Avenue in Taylor, PA 18517. It is one of 12 churches in Taylor.
743 South Keyser Avenue, Taylor, PA, 18517Saint George's Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Saint George's Orthodox Church
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. Nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,100 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.
- Unemployment: 8.0% (3.2–12.9%)
- Child Poverty: 24.6% (9.4–39.7%)
- Depression: 24.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.1%
- Diabetes: 13.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Taylor borough is served by 9 churches — about one congregation for every 697 residents.
Churches near Saint George's Orthodox Church
- Open Door Church — 0.4 mi away in Scranton, PA
- Saint Mary's Byzantine Church — 0.7 mi away
- Taylor Primitive Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church — 1 mi away in Scranton, PA
- Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann — 1.1 mi away in Scranton, PA
- Ipul Scranton-La Casa del Alfarero — 1.1 mi away in Scranton, PA
- Fr. Michael Salvagna, CP — 1.1 mi away in Scranton, PA
- SS Peter and Paul Center — 1.1 mi away in Scranton, PA
- Steamtown Church Berean Campus — 1.2 mi away in Scranton, PA
- Berean Church — 1.2 mi away in Scranton, PA