About Albanian Church Of Philadelphia
- Founded:
- 1931
- Area served:
- Philadelphia
St. John Chrysostom Albanian Orthodox Church is an Orthodox Christian parish in Center City Philadelphia, located at 237 N 17th Street. It belongs to the Albanian Archdiocese of the Orthodox Church in America and falls within the Archdiocese's Mid-Atlantic Deanery.
The parish was established in 1931, making it one of the longer-standing Albanian Orthodox communities in the region. Its public identity ties together Orthodox Christian worship and Albanian heritage, and the parish describes itself as committed to the witness of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the fullness of the Orthodox Faith.
Services are conducted in English with a touch of Albanian. The regular schedule centers on Divine Liturgy on Sundays at 10:00 AM, with Presanctified Liturgy on Wednesday evenings during Great Lent. Confessions are heard before or after services, or by appointment.
As part of the Albanian Archdiocese, the church anchors a small but distinct strand of Albanian-American religious life in Philadelphia, separate from the city's other Albanian Archdiocese parish, Saints Peter and Paul in the Northeast. More on the parish and current service times is maintained at stjcaoc.org and through the OCA parish directory.
Researched by NAR from public sources: oca.org · yelp.com · orthodox-world.org · sspeterpaulphila.org · facebook.com · stgeorgetrumbull.org
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