Christianity in Houston

===Russians===
As of 2010 St. Jonah Orthodox Church, located in an [[unincorporated area]] in [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]] with a [[Spring, Texas|Spring]] address, is the sole Anglophone Russian Orthodox church in the Houston area. The church began holding services in 1998. John Whiteford was the deacon and provided lay services. In 2001 Whiteford was ordained as an Orthodox priest and he became a reverend. Whiteford estimated that the church purchased its current property in 2006 and he stated that in order to purchase the construction of the new building, the church paid in cash. The ceremony to celebrate the completion of its current building was scheduled for Saturday and Sunday October 23–24, 2010. As of 2010 about 90 people attend this church.<ref name=MeeksRussian>Meeks, Flori. "[http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/spring-news/article/Russian-Orthodox-parish-to-celebrate-new-church-1694266.php Russian Orthodox parish to celebrate new church]" (). ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. October 14, 2014. Retrieved on May 5, 2014.</ref>

Another church, St. Vladimir's Russian Orthodox Church, holds services in [[Church Slavonic language|Slavonic]].<ref name=MeeksRussian/>