Saint Tikhon Russian Orthodox Church
Saint Tikhon Russian Orthodox Church is a Russian Orthodox church at 221 FRANKLIN DR in Blountville, TN 37617. It is one of 39 churches in Blountville.
We welcome all who desire to unite themselves to Christ in the Faith as it was delivered to the Apostles and who seek refuge from the temptations of the stormy sea of this life within the Holy Church, the Ark of Salvation.
Our parish was established in 1999 with the blessing of Bishop Gabriel of Manhattan (now Archbishop of Montreal) as a mission of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
Serving since 1999
221 FRANKLIN DR, Blountville, TN, 37617Phone: (276) 299-0212 · Website: https://sainttikhonroc.org/
Saint Tikhon Russian Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 34 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Tennessee — 2,336 across the United States on The Church Map.
Orthodoxy has carried the worship of the ancient church essentially unbroken since the first centuries, and it has never let the rest of us settle for a gospel that only forgives — it insists God intends to make his people like himself. Its liturgy, its icons, and its theology of the Trinity are wells the whole church keeps returning to.
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The community around Saint Tikhon Russian Orthodox Church
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. About a third of adults here carry depression, 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Unemployment: 14.0% (4.4–23.6%)
- Depression: 31.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Obesity: 38.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Saint Tikhon Russian Orthodox Church
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Blountville United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Blountville Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Blountville Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- Charity Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Community Praise and Worship Church — 0.9 mi away
- New Life Ministries Community Church — 1.1 mi away
- Smith Chapel — 1.2 mi away in Bristol, TN
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Christ the Savior Greek Orthodox Church — 4.7 mi away in Bluff City, TN
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