A Parish With an Unusual Amount of History for Its Size
The parish of St. George belongs to the family of Christian communities who are the direct descendants of the Church of Antioch, the place where the followers of Christ were first called “Christians” (Acts 11:26).
As a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, St. George continues to serve the needs of Orthodox Christians not only of Middle Eastern descent but from all backgrounds. Today, our parish community is a wonderfully diverse family which exists to bring glory to the Name of Christ.
Between the years 1889 and 1903, a number of Arab Christian families moved to the Kearney area from Syria and Lebanon. Organizing themselves into the St. George Society, this small Christian community founded St. George Orthodox Christian Church in 1903. Fr. Nicola Yanney, one of the early immigrants to the Kearney area, was ordained the following year, becoming the first resident Orthodox Christian priest to serve an Arab Christian community west of the Mississippi River.