Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church of Farrell
Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church of Farrell serves the Orthodox Christian community of Farrell, Pennsylvania, offering regular worship services and preserving Greek Orthodox faith, traditions, and community life in the region.
Clergy:
Rev. Economos Polykarpos Steve, Presiding Priest
Church Type:
Parish
Denomination:
Greek Orthodox
Metropolis:
Metropolis of Pittsburgh
Affiliation:
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Ecumenical Patriarch:
Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Clergy Information updated Jan 2026
History
Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church of Farrell, Pennsylvania belongs to a small steel town in western Pennsylvania that, in its heyday, supported five active Orthodox parishes representing the many nationalities who came to work in the mills, Greek, Romanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and Carpatho-Russian among them. The parish, also known as Annunciation, planted Orthodox Christian roots in Farrell alongside that broader community of immigrant faith traditions that defined the town's industrial era.
As Farrell's steel industry declined in the latter half of the twentieth century, so did the size of its Orthodox congregations, and Evangelismos faced the same challenges as its sister parishes in the area. Rather than face those challenges alone, the community reached out to the Romanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, and Carpatho-Russian Orthodox parishes of the region, an outreach that began at a general assembly meeting when Evangelismos sought help putting on its annual festival. What started as a practical request for assistance grew into a genuine spirit of Pan-Orthodox cooperation among the small but determined Orthodox Christian communities of the Shenango Valley, a model of unity across jurisdictions that has helped sustain Orthodox Christian life in the area.
Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church at 1007 Washington Street in Farrell serves the Orthodox Christian faithful of the Shenango Valley as a parish of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, a small but resilient community carrying forward the faith of the Greek immigrants who once labored in Farrell's steel mills.
This page serves as a reference resource for Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church of Farrell, providing essential information such as location, contact details, clergy, and church affiliation. It is intended to help visitors and members of the Orthodox Christian community easily find accurate parish information in one place.
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