Orthodox Parish Directory

Orthodox Churches in Indianapolis, Indiana

6 Orthodox Christian parishes in Indianapolis, Indiana: Bulgarian Orthodox parishes (2), the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese (1), the Orthodox Church in America (1), Romanian Orthodox parishes (1) and the Serbian Orthodox Church (1). 3 more parishes within 16 mi are listed below.

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Orthodox Christianity in Indianapolis

Romanian immigrants, who found work mainly in the automobile industry and meat processing, established St. Constantine and Elena in 1910; its church on West 16th Street was completed in 1949. Bulgarian and Macedonian immigrants founded St. Stephen in 1915 on Blackford Street downtown, and its church on North Medford Avenue was completed in 1955. Syrian and Lebanese immigrants founded St. George in 1926 and built a church on North Sherman Drive; the parish is now in Fishers. Serbs, who moved near West 16th Street and Tibbs Avenue and into Speedway in the 1930s, had worshipped in Greek, Romanian and Bulgarian churches before organizing St. Nicholas in 1950.

Russian, Ukrainian, Greek and American parishioners began joining St. Stephen in the 1950s. St. Constantine and Elena began receiving converts around 1980, and as more convert families joined, its worship language became primarily English. Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church, chartered in 2009, grew out of a group formed in 2006 to start a new Greek Orthodox church in central Indianapolis.

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