St. George Orthodox Christian Church is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America, initially set up in 1979 as a mission. We are the only Orthodox Christian parish in the entire Rio Grande Valley and we welcome Orthodox Christians of all backgrounds. Indeed, we are a very diverse and rapidly growing community, of converts of several ethnic backgrounds (from Mexico, Canada, southern America, Asia, etc.) and also of "cradle Orthodox" of diverse backgrounds--Greek, Palestinian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Turkish, etc. Our services are in English, although a few prayers are said in the many second languages of our parish members--Spanish, Greek, Arabic, Romanian, Slavonic, etc.

In December 2025 we also set up a mission to serve the Orthodox Christians of Cameron County (Brownsville, Harlingen, Los Fresnos, South Padre Island, etc.). Dedicated to the Dormition of the Birthgiver of God, this mission offers the Divine Liturgy on certain Saturdays (once or twice a month), Vespers on Thursdays (6:00pm) and Saturdays (6:00pm), and office hours with Fr. Silviu on every first and third Thursday of the month (3:00-6:00pm). For complete information (including the location of the mission), and for booking an appointment with Fr. Silviu at the mission, please check the mission's website here!  

For more information about St. George (our history, our clergy, etc.) please see "our parish" header.

If you are not an Orthodox Christian AND parishioner of St. George, do not book a confession because you cannot have confession; instead, plan on seeing Fr. Silviu on Mondays during his office hours,during which you can book a "talk"! If you are an Orthodox Christian AND parishioner and desire confession, book it on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Do not book it on Mondays unless you have an emergency which requires immediate attention and cannot wait till Tuesday. Leave Mondays for regular office hours!  

Also, when you set up an appointment, be mindful that your Google Calendar may be set on another time zone and your appointment email may show that other time zone. Your appointment is precisely at the time you selected! For more info on how to fix your google calendar, see this document.

704 W. Sam Houston 
Pharr, TX 78577