St. Helena Syriac Orthodox Church

St. Helena Syriac Orthodox Church is a church at 441 W Avenue K in Lancaster, CA 93534-6018. It is one of 157 churches in Lancaster.

441 W Avenue K, Lancaster, CA, 93534-6018

Phone: +18182817658 · Website: http://caroladde.vpweb.com/

St. Helena Syriac Orthodox Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 60 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across California — 351 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Syriac churches have held the faith under pressure longer than almost anyone — Ethiopia has worshiped Christ continuously since the fourth century, and the Armenian church has buried martyrs in nearly every generation since. Their endurance is a gift to a church that has grown used to comfort.

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The community around St. Helena Syriac Orthodox Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Social Isolation: 44.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 32.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%
  • Unemployment: 8.5% (3.5–13.5%)
  • Poverty Rate: 19.2% (10.9–27.6%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
  • Diabetes: 13.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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