Welcome! We’re glad that you’ve taken a moment to come to our parish’s home on the web. Please join us for a service or stop by during office hours to see the church.
We welcome visitors to come and experience the Orthodox Christian Faith. Often described as “the best kept secret” in America, Orthodox Christianity is, in reality, for everyone. The Orthodox Faith traces back to the Apostolic times, after Christ’s Resurrection. There are approximately 250 million Orthodox Christians worldwide and 1.3 percent of the population in the United States. Eastern Orthodoxy is the largest single religious faith in Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Russia and Ukraine. Learn more!
St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church was founded in 1997 by the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco to minister to Portland’s westside. Our parish is made up of members who were both raised in the Faith and those who have converted to Orthodoxy. Our current site is in a remodeled building on Walker Road. The parish vision is to purchase land and build a Byzantine style church and supporting facilities.
St. John the Baptist is also the host of Portland’s only Orthodox Christian school, Agia Sophia Academy, currently offering pre-K through 5th grade.
One of the main ministries at St. John’s is the Logos Bookstore, which offers a wide variety of Bibles, commentaries on Holy Scripture, prayer books, Lives of Saints, books on the faith, the spiritual life, children’s literature, and more! The bookstore also carries Icons in many sizes of Christ, crosses, baptismal gifts, etc.