Orthodox Christian dating in Idaho
Orthodox Christian dating in Idaho: Greek, Russian and Antiochian parishes in Boise, Meridian and Nampa, Pocatello's church of 1915, and Naples.
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Short answer
In Pocatello, a red-brick Byzantine Revival church was consecrated on 15 August 1915 for the Greeks who had come to work on the railroad and in the livestock trade. One of its main donors, an immigrant who had arrived at seventeen, was made its godfather and chose its name: the Assumption, whose feast falls on the day it was consecrated. The parish still serves south-eastern Idaho, and the National Register nomination it quotes calls the building the oldest example of Greek church architecture in the state.
Six parishes are listed below, each with an address and its own website. Four of them, in three jurisdictions, are within half an hour of downtown Boise; one is in Pocatello; one is far to the north, near the Canadian border.
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Orthodox Christians in Idaho
Boise's Greek parish of Saints Constantine and Helen was founded in 1951 by Greeks of south-western Idaho. Its services are mainly in English with some Greek, and it says you will hear other languages too, because many of its people come from other countries.
The Russian Church Abroad has two English-speaking missions in the valley. St Seraphim of Sarov began in 1991 with a chapel set up in a living room every weekend, by a group of Russians and Americans; St Spyridon in Nampa has had a building of its own since 2024.
Orthodox Studies Institute, 2024; national figures, not Idaho's
Holy Transfiguration, Antiochian, grew from Vespers served in the homes of its founding families in 1997 and has been in downtown Meridian since 2016. It describes itself as a community of parishioners and inquirers from all walks of life.
The Orthodox Studies Institute's national study covered twenty parishes in six jurisdictions and fifteen states. Of the converts it counted who were received since 2013, two thirds were under forty, those in their thirties formed the largest group, and 44 percent were single at reception.
No such study exists for Idaho alone. The six addresses below were each checked against the parish's own website on 24 September 2026.
Where the community gathers
The six places fall into three parts of the state: the Treasure Valley around Boise, the south-east, and the far north.
The Treasure Valley
The Treasure Valley holds four: Saints Constantine and Helen on West Bannock Street and St Seraphim on North 29th Street in Boise, two minutes apart; Holy Transfiguration on East Carlton Avenue in Meridian; and St Spyridon on Caldwell Boulevard in Nampa.
The south-east
The south-east holds one: the Assumption on North 5th Avenue in Pocatello, almost four hours east of Boise.
The Panhandle
The far north holds one: Holy Myrrhbearers, an Antiochian parish on Pleasant Valley Loop near Naples, in the Panhandle. Post Falls has an Orthodox parish too, but its website was closed to us, so it has no card.
Cathedrals and parishes worth knowing
A parish of the Greek Metropolis of Denver, founded in 1951, which welcomes inquirers from all traditions; Matins at a quarter to nine and the Liturgy at ten on Sunday.
2618 West Bannock StreetBoise
ID 83702
An American parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, founded in 1991, with the Vigil on Saturday evening and the Liturgy on Sunday morning.
872 North 29th StreetBoise
ID 83702
An Antiochian parish with Vespers on Wednesday at six and on Saturday at five, and Matins at nine and the Liturgy at ten on Sunday.
211 East Carlton AvenueMeridian
ID 83642
A mission of the Russian Church Abroad with services in English: the Vigil on Saturday at six and the Liturgy on Sunday at half past nine.
3016 Caldwell BoulevardNampa
ID 83651
A Greek parish in a church consecrated in 1915 and listed on the National Register, with Orthros at nine and the Liturgy at ten, all streamed online.
518 North 5th AvenuePocatello
ID
A parish in the Idaho Panhandle, with Vespers on Saturday at six, and Orthros at nine and the Liturgy at ten on Sunday.
1957 Pleasant Valley LoopNaples
ID 83847
Distances that decide everything
A diagram, not a map. Driving times, as in the text.
Inside the Treasure Valley, distances are short: Meridian is about a quarter of an hour from Boise and Nampa half an hour. Pocatello is almost four hours east, by way of Twin Falls. Naples is a different world: close to ten hours north of Boise by road, and closer to Spokane than to anywhere else on this page.
So Idaho has one real Orthodox centre, the valley around Boise, where four parishes of three jurisdictions sit within a short drive. Pocatello stands on its own in the south-east, and the Panhandle looks towards Washington.
Where you live and whether you would move are on the cana.love form, and in a state this long they are worth reading before the first message.
The Orthodox year in Idaho
Vespers and the Vigil
On Saturday at five in Meridian, and at six in Boise at St Seraphim, in Nampa and near Naples.
The Divine Liturgy
At half past nine at the two Russian missions, and at ten in the Greek parishes, in Meridian and near Naples.
Midweek Vespers
Holy Transfiguration serves it on Wednesday at six in the evening.
The Assumption in Pocatello
Its feast on 15 August is also the day the church was consecrated in 1915.
Services streamed from Pocatello
The Assumption broadcasts every service online.
A catechism class in Boise
St Seraphim held one after the Liturgy on Sunday, in the week we checked.
Dating across jurisdictions, and with converts
Two Greek parishes, two missions of the Russian Church Abroad that call themselves American, and two Antiochian parishes: Orthodox Idaho is a mixed and largely English-speaking world. This is how cana.love handles it.
Twelve jurisdictions on one list
The form lists twelve jurisdictions: OCA, ROCOR, Greek, Antiochian, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Carpatho-Russian, Albanian, Catechumen and Other Canonical. The six parishes here are Greek, ROCOR or Antiochian; an inquirer on the way to reception chooses Catechumen.
Practice, asked outright
Then it asks about practice: how often you are at the Liturgy, whether you fast, whether marriage is your aim. You can use the site in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German or Russian.
Checked before it appears
Profiles and their photos are hidden until reviewed, by an automated check and then by a person for anything the check leaves open. Asking a member for money breaks the site's rules, and fraud means removal for good, without a warning.
Free, and no password
Using the site costs nothing, and there is no subscription. You sign in with a one-time link or code sent to your email, not a password.
What cana.love is and is not
cana.love is not an Orthodox-only platform.
Catholics, Protestants and people still searching for their church are members as well, provided they want the same kind of marriage, and your settings decide who can see you. With six Orthodox parishes spread across a state this size, a site for one jurisdiction would leave most people in Idaho with nobody to write to. What cana.love does undertake can be checked: jurisdiction, practice and intentions are on every profile, there to read before you reply. Cana SpA, a company in Chile, runs the site; the About page says more.
Meeting safely
- Meet the first time in daylight, in public, with a time agreed to leave: coffee after the Liturgy, or a café in downtown Boise or on Main Street in Meridian. Tell a friend where you will be and, if the drive is I-84 or the long road north, when you expect to be back. Keep your address to yourself for now.
- About money there is one rule. Until you have met face to face, send none, lend none and pay for nobody's trip, whatever the reason given. Report anyone who asks; one report is enough for us to look into it.
How reports are handled, and how to appeal a decision, is set out in the community guidelines.
Common questions
Which is the oldest Orthodox church in Idaho?
The Assumption in Pocatello, consecrated in 1915; the National Register nomination it quotes calls it the oldest example of Greek church architecture in the state.
What is there around Boise?
Four parishes within half an hour: Greek and Russian in Boise, Antiochian in Meridian and Russian in Nampa.
Are services in English?
Largely. St Seraphim serves in English with some Slavonic, St Spyridon in English, and the Greek parish in Boise mainly in English with some Greek.
Is there anything in north Idaho?
Holy Myrrhbearers near Naples, in the Panhandle; Post Falls has a parish as well.
Can I watch services online?
The Assumption in Pocatello streams all its services.
Can I use cana.love in Idaho?
Yes, anywhere in the state, from eighteen. It runs in a browser; there is nothing to install.
Next steps
In the Treasure Valley, go to the Vigil in Boise or Nampa on a Saturday and the Liturgy in Meridian the next morning. In Pocatello, visit the Assumption and look at the church its founders built. And if you would like to know how someone lives the faith before a first coffee rather than after, make a free profile on cana.love and read theirs.
Reviewed on September 24, 2026.