The aim of this project is to create an online directory of Oriental Orthodox – Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Indian (Malankara) Orthodox – churches across the global diaspora, and provide a simple, map-based interface to help users find and connect with nearby Orthodox churches in their area.
You can search for a specific location, such as a town or city, to find nearby Orthodox churches. (Note: searching for larger regions like states or provinces is currently unsupported or might not work properly; see details below). Alternatively, you can use the “Locate Me” button next to the search bar to find churches based on your current position.
The app then automatically displays all Orthodox churches near you within the selected radius (the default radius being 30 km). Each result includes the parish name, a Google Maps address, and, where available, contact or community details to help you connect.
Currently, the database covers all diasporic countries where one or more Orthodox churches are known and listed. It does not cover many home countries — especially Egypt, Armenia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea — for the same reason, and also because listing the churches in these countries is an exceedingly challenging task. The database does list parishes in Syria, given the relatively lesser number of churches in the country (helping the collation to be quick). Lastly, though India is currently unsupported, all Orthodox parishes in the nation outside the state of Kerala (which alone accounts for nearly two thousand locations) will be covered in the future.
Searching for countries, states, provinces, and districts may not return results, as the process depends on estimating the specific coordinates of the location entered and filtering churches based on these coordinates.
This project is built, managed, and supervised by David George.
Contributors who assisted greatly in idea validation, data collation, and their generous support (in no specific order): Beard, Mariam, Welde, Hark, Stefin, Hallofstone, Dcn. Robel, Aspect, Decio, Ben, Zach, Carsin.
If you wish to contribute information about new or existing churches, submit the information in the corresponding Google Form: Form for New Parish or Form for Existing Parish (Additional Information).
For error-reporting and anything else, kindly contact the developer via email (off.davidgeorge@gmail.com) or on Discord (@hypatiusbrontes).
Built and Maintained by David George